G.B.S.N.P. Varma
G.B.S.N.P. Varma is a freelance journalist based in India. His work has appeared in India Spend, Mongabay India, Fountain Ink and The Caravan.
Articles by G.B.S.N.P.
A Tsunami of Heat: India's Endless Summer and the Lives It Is Consuming
From a fruit seller navigating tar-melting roads to a schoolteacher redesigning classrooms to keep children from overheating, India's heatwave crisis has moved far beyond a seasonal inconvenience. A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, estimates that a single day of extreme heat causes approximately 3,400 excess deaths across the country.
8 days agoIndia Exclusive
India's booming shell trade threatens marine ecosystem
On the way to Mangadu village from Rameswaram, in the Kalam Sea Shell Mart, you begin to question your beginnings. Mounds of seashells galore throughout the campus. Hillocks of them gleam in the sun. B
2 months agoIndia Exclusive