Veteran journalist Mark Tully passes away at 90

Veteran journalist and author Mark Tully, known for his deep understanding of India and long association with the BBC, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 90 after a brief illness, his close friend confirmed

New Delhi: 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. Tully was 90.

The award-winning journalist was ailing for some time and had been admitted to the Max Hospital in Saket for the past week.

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“Mark passed away at Max Hospital Saket this afternoon,” Satish Jacob, veteran journalist and a close friend of Tully, told PTI.

Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on October 24, 1935, Tully was the bureau chief for the BBC, New Delhi, for 22 years.

An acclaimed author, Tully was also the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Something Understood’.

He was knighted in 2002 and received the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India in 2005.

Tully wrote several books on India, including ‘No Full Stops in India’, ‘India in Slow Motion’, and ‘The Heart of India’.