Sparsh Ahuja

Sparsh Ahuja is an Indian-Australian peace activist and documentary filmmaker. He founded Project Dastaan along with Sam Dalrymple and Saadia Gardezi.

Early life and education

Ahuja was born in India and grew up in Australia. He graduated from University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics as a Fitz Randolph Scholar.

Career

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.
Ahuja is the director of Child of Empire, a VR docu-drama based on the 1947 partition. It premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
Ahuja directed a documentary titled Birdsong: the dying whistled language of the Hmong people in northern Laos in 2023. It was awarded a special mention at Palm Springs International ShortFest and was shortlisted by International Documentary Association for the 39th IDA Documentary Awards. The documentary was shortlisted for a Gierson Award, and later acquired by The Guardian.
Ahuja is an explorer with National Geographic.