Shyam Bhatia Explained

Shyam Bhatia
Birth Date:1950
Birth Place:New Delhi, India
Nationality:British
Occupation:Journalist, foreign correspondent, war reporter,books author
Education:The Doon School
Alma Mater:University of Oxford
Awards:Foreign 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.

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  1. Web site: Journalist Shyam Bhatia narrates his experiences – Times of India . Timesofindia.indiatimes.com . 9 August 2018 . 19 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Book Review: Bullets and Bylines- From the frontlines of Kabul, Delhi, Damascus and beyond . Dnaindia.com . 7 February 2016 . 19 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Shyam Bhatia . The Guardian . 19 May 2020.
  4. Web site: REVIEW: With friends like these... . 2008-09-27.
  5. Web site: 2017 . Founders Weekly . www.doonschool.com.
  6. Web site: The media and the truth: OL journalist Shyam Bhatia inspires Sixth Form. 24 January 2020. Leighton Park.
  7. Web site: Shyam Bhatia. 15 April 2020.
  8. Web site: MANDIRA NAYAR in Delhi . Shahzadi in nuke storm – Book claims Benazir spilled bomb beans to N. Korea . Telegraphindia.com . 30 October 2017 . 19 May 2020.
  9. Web site: 'For a series of people I must be eliminated' – Indian Express . Archive.indianexpress.com . 28 December 2007 . 19 May 2020.
  10. Web site: Press Awards Winners 1990 - 1999 . The Press Awards . 2020-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161128031418/http://www.pressawards.org.uk/page-view.php?pagename=1990-1999-Winners . 2016-11-28 .
  11. Web site: site admin . Mixed fare - Society & The Arts News - Issue Date: Mar 15, 1980 . Indiatoday.in . 15 March 1980 . 19 May 2020.
  12. Book: Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun: Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Threat to the United ... - Shyam Bhatia, Daniel McGrory - Google Books . 1 April 2000 . 9780895262516 . 19 May 2020. Bhatia . Shyam . McGrory . Daniel . Regnery .
  13. Web site: When Raja Ramanna turned down Saddam Hussein - india . Hindustan Times . 30 March 2003 . 19 May 2020.
  14. Web site: Wish I had said no - india . Hindustan Times . 14 June 2008 . 19 May 2020.
  15. Web site: REVIEW: With friends like these... . Dawn.Com . 27 September 2008 . 19 May 2020.
  16. Shyam Bhatia, Nuclear Rivals in the Middle East (London: Routledge, 1988). Pp. 119.. Jerome. Slater. 19 May 1991. International Journal of Middle East Studies. 23. 2. 269–270. Cambridge Core. 10.1017/S0020743800056221. 161368508 .
  17. Web site: Connect With Us . Bullets and Bylines: From the Frontlines of Kabul, Delhi, Damascus and Beyond – Speaking Tiger Books Speaking Tiger Books . . 19 May 2020.
  18. Web site: Bullets and Bylines by Shyam Bhatia. Free Press Journal.