Sir Mark Tully

Broadcaster

Sir Mark Tully is a British broadcaster and writer who has received the major British award for journalism, the BAFTA Dimbleby award. He was the Chief of Bureau in New Delhi for twenty two years. He has also been awarded the OBE and was knighted for his long and exceptionally distinguished career. He has also been recognised by the Indian government for his work in writing and reporting on India for a world audience for over 25 years with the award of the high honour of the Padma Shri Award from the President of India.

In addition to his political journalism and empathetic portraits of Indian culture in articles and books, notably from the point of view of the poor, he has been presenting a spiritually rooted BBC programme, Something Understood, which has been broadcast every Sunday for almost twelve years in the UK and attracts a regular audience of close to a million listeners and has established a wide and loyal following and a high-profile reputation.