Mark Tully was more than just a foreign correspondent. The veteran BBC journalist was a familiar presence in India’s public life and a steady voice interpreting the South Asian country to the world. Tully, often hailed as the “Voice of India”, died in a Delhi hospital on Sunday after a brief illness. He was 90.
Born in Kolkata in 1935, Tully started his career with the BBC in 1965. Six years later, he was appointed the broadcaster’s Delhi correspondent and went on to spend more than 20 years as its South Asia bureau chief.
