Shyam Bhatia
Born1950
New Delhi, India
NationalityBritish
EducationThe Doon School
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Occupation(s)Journalist, foreign correspondent, war reporter,books author
AwardsForeign Reporter of the Year (1993)

Shyam Bhatia (born 1950) is an Indian-born British journalist, writer and war reporter based in London.[1][2] He has reported from conflict zones such as the Middle East, Afghanistan and Sudan, and is a former diplomatic editor of The Observer.[3] He has also served as US correspondent and Foreign Editor of the Bangalore-based Deccan Herald and Editor of Asian Affairs magazine in London.[4]

Bhatia was educated at The Doon School in India and Leighton Park School in England before going to the University of Oxford.[5][6] A contributor to The Times, Mail on Sunday, Politico, Deccan Herald and The Citizen, he is also a columnist for the Indian Express.[7] He has published several books based on his war reporting, and a political biography of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto (who was his contemporary at Oxford).[8][9] In 1993, he won the Foreign Reporter of the Year for his coverage of the suffering of the Marsh Arabs in Southern Iraq.[10] His May 2021 keynote interview about the spread of Covid with Dr Jerome Kim of the International Vaccine Institute was published by The Wire and broadcast on Youtube.

Bibliography

  • Bhatia, Shyam (1980). India's Nuclear Bomb. Vikas. ISBN 978-0706909722.[11]
  • Bhatia, Shyam (1999). Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0316852654.[12]
  • Bhatia, Shyam (2002). Saddam's Bomb. Sphere. ISBN 978-0751534931.[13]
  • Bhatia, Shyam (2008). Goodbye Shahzadi: A Political Biography of Benazir Bhutto. Lotus. ISBN 978-8174366580.[14][15]
  • Bhatia, Shyam (2017). Nuclear Rivals in the Middle East. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138655430.[16]
  • Bhatia, Shyam (2016). Bullets and Bylines: From the Frontlines of Kabul, Delhi, Damascus and Beyond. Speaking Tiger. ISBN 978-9385755538.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "Journalist Shyam Bhatia narrates his experiences – Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Book Review: Bullets and Bylines- From the frontlines of Kabul, Delhi, Damascus and beyond". Dnaindia.com. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Shyam Bhatia". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "REVIEW: With friends like these..." 27 September 2008.
  5. ↑ https://www.doonschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/foundersweekly2017.pdf
  6. ↑ "The media and the truth: OL journalist Shyam Bhatia inspires Sixth Form". Leighton Park. 24 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Shyam Bhatia". 15 April 2020.
  8. ↑ MANDIRA NAYAR in Delhi (30 October 2017). "Shahzadi in nuke storm – Book claims Benazir spilled bomb beans to N. Korea". Telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "'For a series of people I must be eliminated' – Indian Express". Archive.indianexpress.com. 28 December 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Press Awards Winners 1990 - 1999". The Press Awards. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  11. ↑ site admin (15 March 1980). "Mixed fare - Society & The Arts News - Issue Date: Mar 15, 1980". Indiatoday.in. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Bhatia, Shyam; McGrory, Daniel (1 April 2000). Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun: Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Threat to the United ... - Shyam Bhatia, Daniel McGrory - Google Books. ISBN 9780895262516. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "When Raja Ramanna turned down Saddam Hussein - india". Hindustan Times. 30 March 2003. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "Wish I had said no - india". Hindustan Times. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  15. ↑ "REVIEW: With friends like these..." Dawn.Com. 27 September 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  16. ↑ Slater, Jerome (19 May 1991). "Shyam Bhatia, Nuclear Rivals in the Middle East (London: Routledge, 1988). Pp. 119". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 23 (2): 269–270. doi:10.1017/S0020743800056221. S2CID 161368508 – via Cambridge Core.
  17. ↑ Connect With Us. "Bullets and Bylines: From the Frontlines of Kabul, Delhi, Damascus and Beyond – Speaking Tiger Books Speaking Tiger Books". Speaking Tiger Books. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  18. ↑ "Bullets and Bylines by Shyam Bhatia". Free Press Journal.


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