The Passing Away of Sir Mark Tully

The passing away of Sir Mark Tully.
It is indeed a sad occasion for Indians to hear of the passing away of Mark Tully the veteran BBC correspondent in India.
He did win over the hearts of Indians as he was considered to be a great friend of India. His reporting on India was considered balanced and fair.
However I respectfully would like to present Mark Tully’s deeply held convictions about India which most people do not know of. In an article written by me in 2020 titled, ‘The Genesis of Anti-India rhetoric in the West’ I wrote the following:

Let me introduce you to Mark Tully. A British man who has been made an honorary Indian. A correspondent for the BBC in India. He is proud that the world listens to the BBC for impartial news! Being in India he is perhaps unaware of the depth of surreal shenanigans the BBC finds itself in. Here are some of his views: As a Christian he believes that Christianity more than any other religion is a sanctuary of the disenfranchised. He is worried about the persecution of Christian and other minorities under the Modi government. Evangelical Christians are claiming persecution in India not because they are persecuted but because their targeting of Hindus for conversion is coming under scrutiny. The sources of their funding which runs into hundreds of millions of rupees is being questioned.
Mark says India does not necessarily have to be a great power. It can be a great example! He believes it demeans India to go on blaming Pakistan. It needs to resolve its disputes with Pakistan with ‘generosity’. He feels Hinduism’s biggest festival the Kumbh Mela feeds superstition and ends up with different religious gurus claiming superiority over others. No one seems to challenge Mark in India!
We should not close our eyes to things they we do not like to hear.
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Nitin Mehta
25 January 2026.
www.nitinmehta.co.uk