Punjab Water Crisis – Harsha Vadlamani https://sriharsha.in Photojournalist, Filmmaker in Delhi and Hyderabad, India Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:23:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://sriharsha.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/favicon-200x200.png Punjab Water Crisis – Harsha Vadlamani https://sriharsha.in 32 32 Heavy Lies the Grain // The Caravan Magazine https://sriharsha.in/heavy-lies-the-grain-the-caravan-magazine/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:06:16 +0000 https://sriharsha.in/?p=27681 It feels surreal to finally see my project, Heavy Lies the Grain, in print in the March 2025 issue of The Caravan magazine. When I first travelled to southern Punjab in 2016 to begin this work, I had no idea where it would take me. I couldn’t have imagined the paths it would open up, the people it would bring into my life, or the stories that would shape me along the way. Over eight years, it grew across more than 200 villages and hundreds of conversations with farmers. Their generosity, honesty and resilience carried this project forward. Thank you, Punjab, for being so kind and so deeply giving.

I am very grateful to the National Geographic Society, which generously supported this work, and to my program officer, David Lee.

 

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]]> Freshwater Initiative Grant from the National Geographic Society https://sriharsha.in/freshwater-initiative-grant-from-the-national-geographic-society/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 04:54:58 +0000 https://sriharsha.in/?p=27634 Harsha Vadlamani Photojournalist, Documentary Photographer and Filmmaker in India
Water being drawn from a tubewell at a farm in Sukhpura Maur in Barnala, Punjab, India. December 09, 2019.

I am thrilled to announce that I have received my second grant from the National Geographic Society. This grant from the Society’s Freshwater Initiative will allow me to continue working on my project documenting the impact of the Green Revolution in Punjab, India. In the coming months, I will spend a lot of time in Punjab, paying special attention to the region’s groundwater crisis and rise in cancers.

I am also deeply honoured to now join the National Geographic Explorer community, where I will have the opportunity to learn and collaborate with some of the most exceptional researchers and storytellers.

Please follow the project on my website here.

 

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