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Mark Tully's baritone, prose beamed India's triumphs, tribulations to the world

Born in erstwhile Calcutta during the British Raj in 1935, Tully made India his home and his career, becoming the gold standard for a foreign correspondent.

Published on: Jan 26, 2026, 07:17:29 IST
By Dhrubo Jyoti
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Sir William Mark Tully, among the most famous chroniclers of India who helmed the BBC in India for two decades and became an authoritative voice to millions of people at defining moments in the journey of the world’s largest democracy, died on Sunday. He was 90.

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Born in erstwhile Calcutta during the British Raj in 1935, Tully made India his home and his career, becoming the gold standard for a foreign correspondent. For decades, his rich baritone became a marker

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Dhrubo Jyoti

Dhrubo Jyoti is Deputy Executive Editor at Hindustan Times, where they help oversee the newspaper’s daily news and opinion coverage. They are part of the leadership team of the newspaper and their daily responsibilities include news selection, commissioning and editing, apart from planning and executing special projects. Apart from this, they write on national affairs at the intersection of caste and sexuality, with a focus on elections, politics and the lifeworlds of the caste marginalised. Formally trained in physics from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and Bose Institute, Kolkata, they made a switch to studying journalism from the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai. Over the past decade at Hindustan Times, they have worked at the National Desk, Page 1 team, Integrated Copy Desk and Special Stories Team, before running the opinion page as views editor for two years, and then moving back as Senior Editor of News Operations. In the past 12 years, they have reported on numerous national and state elections, specialising on caste-informed coverage of major moments in India’s history, and focussing on leading investigations into government accountability and social inequities. Their narrative non-fiction work aims to put Dalit voices at the core of India’s LGBTQIA+ movements.

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