Mera Naam Mark Tully Hai: Former BBC Colleagues Remember The Legend

Former BBC colleagues—including William Crawley, Satish Jacob, Ali Ahmad Khan, Naresh Kaushik, Andrew Whitehead, Nick Nugent, Wusatullah Khan, Nayeema Ahmed Mahjour, Qurban Ali, Ram Dutt Tripathi, Seema Chishti, Charu Shahane, and Sanjiv Srivastav—celebrate Sir Mark Tully: his life, legacy, and enduring impact through fascinating anecdotes and personal reflections.Presented by Achala Sharma and Pervaiz Alam, Mera Naam Mark Tully Hai is a full-length podcast in Hindi, Urdu, and English. Sir Mark Tully (1935–25 January 2026), the BBC’s long-serving Delhi bureau chief, became known worldwide as the “voice of India” for his warm, authoritative coverage of South Asia’s defining moments—from the 1971 India-Pakistan War and the 1975 Emergency to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s 1979 execution, Operation Blue Star, Indira Gandhi’s 1984 assassination, the Bhopal gas tragedy, and the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition. Knighted for services to journalism, he remained a revered chronicler of modern India until his death earlier this year. In this special tribute, his former colleagues recall these landmark events and provide new perspectives on some of the incidents and his 1994 resignation from the BBC—sparked by sharp disagreements with Director-General John Birt over the corporation’s management and direction—as well as addressing claims of a post-1992 ideological shift towards Hindutva, while examining his thoughtful reflections on Hinduism, secularism, and political nationalism in later years.