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{{short description|British war journalist}}

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| name = Shyam Bhatia
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| birth_date = 1950
| birth_place = New Delhi, India
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| nationality = British
| occupation = Journalist, [[foreign correspondent]], [[war reporter]],books author
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| education = [[The Doon School]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]]
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| awards = [[Foreign Reporter of the Year]] (1993)
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'''Shyam Bhatia''' (born 1950) is an Indian-born British journalist, writer and war reporter based in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/journalist-shyam-bhatia-narrates-his-experiences/articleshow/65331801.cms |title=Journalist Shyam Bhatia narrates his experiences – Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=9 August 2018 |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-bullets-and-bylines-from-the-frontlines-of-kabul-delhi-damascus-and-beyond-2174754 |title=Book Review: Bullets and Bylines- From the frontlines of Kabul, Delhi, Damascus and beyond |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=7 February 2016 |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref> He has reported from conflict zones such as the Middle East, Afghanistan and Sudan, and is a former diplomatic editor of ''[[The Observer]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/shyambhatia |title=Shyam Bhatia |work=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref> He has also served as US correspondent and Foreign Editor of the Bangalore-based Deccan Herald and Editor of Asian Affairs magazine in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/826493/review-with-friends-like-these |title=REVIEW: With friends like these... |date=2008-09-27}}</ref>

Bhatia was educated at [[The Doon School]] in India and [[Leighton Park School]] in England before going to the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>https://www.doonschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/foundersweekly2017.pdf</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leightonpark.com/the-media-and-the-truth-ol-journalist-shyam-bhatia-inspires-sixth-form/|title=The media and the truth: OL journalist Shyam Bhatia inspires Sixth Form|date=24 January 2020|website=Leighton Park}}</ref> He is a columnist for the ''[[Indian Express]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/shyam-bhatia/|title=Shyam Bhatia|date=15 April 2020}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web|author=MANDIRA NAYAR in Delhi |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/shahzadi-in-nuke-storm-book-claims-benazir-spilled-bomb-beans-to-n-korea/cid/570780 |title=Shahzadi in nuke storm – Book claims Benazir spilled bomb beans to N. Korea |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=30 October 2017 |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-for-a-series-of-people-i-must-be-eliminated-/255051/0 |title='For a series of people I must be eliminated' – Indian Express |publisher=Archive.indianexpress.com |date=28 December 2007 |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref> In 1993, he won the [[Foreign Reporter of the Year]] for his coverage of the suffering of the Marsh Arabs in Southern Iraq.<ref name=tpa99>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressawards.org.uk/page-view.php?pagename=1990-1999-Winners |title=Press Awards Winners 1990 - 1999 |work=The Press Awards |access-date=2020-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128031418/http://www.pressawards.org.uk/page-view.php?pagename=1990-1999-Winners |archive-date=2016-11-28 |url-status=}}</ref> 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==
*{{cite book |last=Bhatia |first=Shyam |author-link= |date=1980 |title=India's Nuclear Bomb |url= |location= |publisher=Vikas |page= |isbn=978-0706909722}}<ref>{{cite web|author=site admin |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19800315-book-review-indias-nuclear-bomb-by-shyam-bhatia-806515-2014-02-05 |title=Mixed fare - Society & The Arts News - Issue Date: Mar 15, 1980 |publisher=Indiatoday.in |date=15 March 1980 |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref>
*{{cite book |last=Bhatia |first=Shyam |author-link= |date=1999 |title=Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun |url= |location= |publisher=Little, Brown |page= |isbn=978-0316852654}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sD63XsWzEgwC |title=Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun: Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Threat to the United ... - Shyam Bhatia, Daniel McGrory - Google Books |date=1 April 2000 |isbn=9780895262516 |accessdate=19 May 2020|last1=Bhatia |first1=Shyam |last2=McGrory |first2=Daniel }}</ref>
*{{cite book |last=Bhatia |first=Shyam |author-link= |date=2002 |title=Saddam's Bomb |url= |location= |publisher=Sphere |page= |isbn=978-0751534931}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/when-raja-ramanna-turned-down-saddam-hussein/story-kNpbBjnPe1XPHjN5H0c7HI.html |title=When Raja Ramanna turned down Saddam Hussein - india |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=30 March 2003 |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref>
*{{cite book |last=Bhatia |first=Shyam |author-link= |date=2008 |title=Goodbye Shahzadi: A Political Biography of Benazir Bhutto |url= |location= |publisher=Lotus |page= |isbn=978-8174366580}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/wish-i-had-said-no/story-me3gaTWQ4aIjuPORh2an7O.html |title=Wish I had said no - india |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=14 June 2008 |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/826493/review-with-friends-like-these |title=REVIEW: With friends like these... |publisher=Dawn.Com |date=27 September 2008 |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref>
*{{cite book |last=Bhatia |first=Shyam |author-link= |date=2017 |title=Nuclear Rivals in the Middle East |url= |location= |publisher=Routledge |page= |isbn=978-1138655430}}<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-middle-east-studies/article/shyam-bhatia-nuclear-rivals-in-the-middle-east-london-routledge-1988-pp-119/782BAABD09B7DC13D1CA82D38F577802|title=Shyam Bhatia, Nuclear Rivals in the Middle East (London: Routledge, 1988). Pp. 119.|first=Jerome|last=Slater|date=19 May 1991|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|volume=23|issue=2|pages=269–270|via=Cambridge Core|doi=10.1017/S0020743800056221}}</ref>
*{{cite book |last=Bhatia |first=Shyam |author-link= |date=2016 |title=Bullets and Bylines: From the Frontlines of Kabul, Delhi, Damascus and Beyond |url= |location= |publisher=Speaking Tiger |page= |isbn=978-9385755538}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Connect With Us |url=https://www.speakingtigerbooks.com/books/bullets-and-bylines-from-the-frontlines-of-kabul-delhi-damascus-and-beyond/ |title=Bullets and Bylines: From the Frontlines of Kabul, Delhi, Damascus and Beyond – Speaking Tiger Books Speaking Tiger Books |publisher=[[Speaking Tiger Books]] |date= |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/book-reviews/bullets-and-bylines|title=Bullets and Bylines by Shyam Bhatia|website=Free Press Journal}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|shyambhatia.net}}
* [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/shyambhatia ''The Guardian'' profile]

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