Veteran journalist Mark Tully, a chronicler of India and an acclaimed author, breathed his last at a private hospital here on Sunday, his close friend said. "Mourning Mark Tully, probably the greatest radio journalist of his generation who took India to the world & who gave the BBC credibility in India. As a child of rich British parents in West Bengal's Tollygunge in the late 1930s, Mark Tully was not allowed to socialise with locals. But we never believed anything until we heard Mark Tully say it on the World Service! Ram Dutt Tripathi, a former BBC journalist, remembered his days working with Tully, especially during the Ayodhya dispute.

Source: The Telegraph January 25, 2026 10:43 UTC