Yuvraj Shah '26 (he/him) is an Senior Opinions Editor.
Yuvraj is the Senior Opinions Editor at The Campus. He is a joint major in History and English Literature, and previously interned for the New England Review. He was awarded the $5000 Mellon Migration grant and is conducting research into the migrant experience of Kenyan Indians. He studied abroad at Keble College, University of Oxford and is a senior fellow at Middlebury Admissions. He is from Nairobi Kenya, and London, UK. He is a UWC Davis Scholar.
In February 2024, I wrote an op-ed for The Campus titled ‘I’m forgetting my mother tongue.’ Within one day of publishing, I was contacted by over 30 students who grew up and live outside of the regions where their mother tongue is spoken. Together, we mourned the loss of our linguistic heritage. ...
My go-to response to any icebreaker question is that I speak four languages. It piques peoples’ interest, allows me to organically share the many places I call home and reminds me of my history. “I speak four languages.” This is not false, but I have to confess that it is not entirely true either. ...
Do children learn from their parents, or do parents learn from their children?
