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'''Sparsh Ahuja''' is an Indian-Australian [[peace activist]] and [[documentary filmmaker]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2022-08-13 |title=Project Dastaan: Partition survivors travel to their ancestral villages through VR |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/project-dastaan-partition-survivors-travel-to-their-ancestral-villages-through-vr/articleshow/93546021.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-01-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He founded [[Project Dastaan]] along with [[Sam Dalrymple (historian)|Sam Dalrymple]] and [[Saadia Gardezi]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-08 |title=Derby Museum exhibition to explore legacy of Partition |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-63545202 |access-date=2024-01-16 |publisher=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Sparsh Ahuja<br />
| birth_place = [[India]]<br />
| education = [[Bachelor of Arts]] (B.A.) in [[philosophy]], [[politics]] and [[economics]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]]<br />
| occupation = [[Peace activist]] and [[documentary filmmaker]]<br />
| known_for = [[Project Dastaan]]<br />
}}<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Ahuja was born in India and grew up in [[Australia]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2022-08-05 |title=Partition: My journey to the ‘place no-one spoke of’ |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62347457 |access-date=2024-01-15 |publisher=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> He graduated from [[University of Oxford]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (B.A.) degree in [[philosophy]], [[politics]] and [[economics]] as a Fitz Randolph Scholar.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Ahuja founded [[Project Dastaan]] which is a peace initiative aimed at reintegrating refugees displaced by the [[Partition of India]] of 1947 with their ancestral homes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Habib |first=Waquar |date=2023-08-30 |title=Samuel Dalrymple On Showcasing The Partition With Sensitivity |url=https://www.outlooktraveller.com/editors-picks/celebrating-people/samuel-dalrymple-on-showcasing-the-partition-with-sensitivity |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Outlook Traveller |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Ahuja is the director of ''Child of Empire'', a [[Virtual reality|VR]] docu-drama based on the 1947 partition. It premiered at the 2022 [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=Arman |date=2022-01-28 |title=Flashback 75: Partition in virtual reality in ‘Child of Empire’ |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/flashback-75-child-of-empire-partition-in-virtual-reality-sparsh-ahuja-erfan-saadati-project-dastaan/article38339559.ece |access-date=2024-01-15 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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Ahuja directed a documentary titled ''Birdsong: the dying whistled language of the Hmong people in northern Laos'' in 2023''.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birdsong: the dying whistled language of the Hmong people in northern Laos |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/nov/29/birdsong-the-dying-whistled-language-of-the-hmong-people-in-northern-laos |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Messages born of melody – hear the whistled language of the Hmong people {{!}} Aeon Videos |url=https://aeon.co/videos/messages-born-of-melody-hear-the-whistled-language-of-the-hmong-people |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Aeon |language=en}}</ref> It was awarded a special mention at [[Palm Springs International ShortFest]] and was shortlisted by [[International Documentary Association]] for the 39th [[IDA Documentary Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Palm Springs International ShortFest announces award winners |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/movies/shortfest/2023/06/25/2023-palm-springs-international-shortfest-announces-award-winners/70354760007/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=The Desert Sun |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=2023-10-24 |title=‘Going To Mars,’ ‘Bobi Wine,’ ‘In The Rearview’ Nab Spots On IDA's Shortlist Of Year's Best Documentaries |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/2023-ida-documentary-awards-shortlist-announcement-1235581820/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> The documentary was shortlisted for a [[Grierson Awards|Gierson Award]], and later acquired by ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Explorer directory |url=https://explorer-directory.nationalgeographic.org/sparsh-ahuja |website=National Geographic}}</ref><br />
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Ahuja is an explorer with [[National Geographic]].<ref name=":2" /><br />
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