Who was Mark Tully? Veteran journalist and author dies at the age of 90

Veteran journalist Mark Tully, a chronicler of India and an acclaimed author, passed away at a private hospital in Saket, New Delhi on Sunday, his close friend told news agency PTI.

Tully was 90 years old, and has been sick for some time. The award-winning journalist had been admitted to the Max Hospital in Saket for the past week, before he breathed his last this afternoon.

“Mark passed away at Max Hospital Saket this afternoon,” Satish Jacob, veteran journalist and a close friend of Tully told the agency.

An acclaimed author, Tully was also the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Something Understood’.

He was knighted in 2002 and received the Padma Bhushan from the government of India in 2005.

Tully has written several books on India, including ‘No Full Stops in India’, ‘India in Slow Motion’, and ‘The Heart of India’.