Savitri Bhatia is our Ottawa correspondent, covering Canadian politics and the India–Canada relationship as it moves through a strained and consequential period. She reports with attention to the Punjabi-Canadian diaspora whose internal debates often shape the bilateral mood.
Recent work
Ajanta Caves: Where Ancient India Painted Its Living Soul
The Ajanta Caves of Maharashtra are among humanity's most extraordinary artistic and spiritual achievements — thirty Buddhist cave monuments carved between the 2nd century BCE and 6th century CE, adorned with murals and sculptures of breathtaking refinement. Rediscovered by a British officer in 1819 after centuries of forest-shrouded silence, they were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. For the modern traveller, Ajanta is not merely a ruin to be admired but a living encounter with the depth, beauty, and civilisational confidence of ancient India.