Editing Mark Tully (section)

==Journalistic career==
Tully joined the [[BBC]] in 1964 and moved back to India in 1965 to work as the corporation's India Correspondent.<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="uy" /><ref name="LAT">{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61846854.html?dids=61846854:61846854&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+22%2C+1992&author=BOB+DROGIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Profile+The+BBC%27s+Battered+Sahib+Mark+Tully+has+been+expelled+by+India%2C+chased+by+mobs+and+picketed.+He+loves+his+job. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104113334/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61846854.html?dids=61846854:61846854&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+22,+1992&author=BOB+DROGIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Profile+The+BBC's+Battered+Sahib+Mark+Tully+has+been+expelled+by+India,+chased+by+mobs+and+picketed.+He+loves+his+job. |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2013 |title=Profile The BBC's Battered Sahib Mark Tully has been expelled by India, chased by mobs and picketed. He loves his job. |last=Drogin |first=Bob |date=22 December 1992 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=25 November 2009}}</ref> He covered all the major incidents in South Asia during his tenure, ranging from [[Indo-Pakistan conflict]]s, [[Bhopal gas tragedy]], [[Operation Blue Star]] (and the subsequent assassination of [[Indira Gandhi]], [[anti-Sikh riots]]), [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]] to the [[Ayodhya debate#Demolition of Babri Masjid|Demolition of Babri Masjid]].<ref name="CNN" /><ref name="BBC-bluestar">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/history/operationbluestar.shtml |title=After Blue Star |publisher=BBC |access-date=11 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="BBC-babri">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2528025.stm |title=Tearing down the Babri Masjid |publisher=BBC |access-date=11 January 2010 |date=5 December 2002 |location=London |first=Mark |last=Tully}}</ref> He was barred from entering India during Emergency in 1975–77 when Prime Minister Mrs Gandhi had imposed censorship curbs on the media.

Tully resigned from the BBC in July 1994, after an argument with [[John Birt]], the then Director General. He accused Birt of "running the corporation by fear" and "turning the BBC into a secretive monolith with poor ratings and a demoralised staff".<ref name="ti" />
In 1994 he presented an episode of BBC's ''[[Great Railway Journeys]]'', "Karachi to The Khyber Pass", travelling by train across Pakistan. As a well-known railway enthusiast,{{cn|date=February 2025}}, he also presented "Steam's Indian Summer", an episode of the ''World Steam Classics'' series, produced by Nick Lera.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick Lera's World Steam Classics |url=https://www.wolvertonrail.com/acatalog/Nick-Lera.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=www.wolvertonrail.com}}</ref> Since 1994, he has been working as a freelance journalist and broadcaster based in New Delhi.<ref name="uy">{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/presspr/pressreleases/tully.htm|title=Mark Tully to give annual Toleration lecture at the University of York|publisher=The University of York|access-date=25 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018203226/http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/presspr/pressreleases/tully.htm|archive-date=18 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/12/31/tully.knighthood/|title=It's Sir Mark Tully in UK honors list|date=31 December 2001|publisher=CNN|access-date=25 November 2009}}</ref>
He was the regular presenter of the weekly [[BBC Radio 4]] programme ''[[Something Understood]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/people/presenters/mark-tully/|title=Mark Tully|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=26 September 2010}}</ref> until the BBC announced its cessation in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mark Tully: BBC Radio 4 host speaks out on shock programme axe 'I feel sad for myself'|first=Michelle|last=Marshall|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1114613/mark-tully-bbc-radio-4-something-understood-axed-latest-news|work=[[Daily Express]]|location=London|date=16 April 2019|access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref>

As a guest of the [[Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue]] on 7 October 2010 he spoke on ''How certain should we be? The problem of religious pluralism''. He described his experiences and the fact that India had historically been home to all the world's major religions.
He said that had taught him that there are many ways to God.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hafsite.org/media/pr/former-bbc-india-chief-highlights-multiple-paths-god |publisher=Hindu American Foundation |title=Former BBC-India Chief Highlights Multiple Paths To God |date=19 October 2010 |access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>

Tully is patron of the British branch of [[Child In Need Institute (CINI)|Child in Need India]] (CINI UK).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cini.org.uk/about.html |title=About Us &#124; Child in Need India &#124; CINI |access-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120104023/http://www.cini.org.uk/about.html |archive-date=20 January 2012 }}</ref>
Tully is equally well versed in English and [[Hindi]]. He had contributed his heartfelt efforts to keep literature alive and had been key speaker among 50 speakers of second [[Kalinga Literary Festival]] on 17 May 2015, where he explored the role of literature in nation building.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 May 2015|title=50 Speakers to attend Kalinga Literary Festival 2015|url=https://odishanewsinsight.com/events/50-speakers-to-attend-kalinga-literary-festival-2015/|access-date=7 November 2020|website=Odisha News Insight|language=en-US}}</ref>