Mark Tully – (holding) Fine tribute from William Dalrymple – Our story to be reposted…

BBC journalist – the face of the BBC in India died on January 25 (1935-2026) – we interviewed the titan of journalism in 2015 at the Jaipur Literature Festival…due to technical difficulties we have not been able to retrieve* and reflect on our encounter and story…please bear with us

William Dalrymple – one of the co-founders of Jaipur Literature Festival summed up the feeling of many when he posted this to X.

Mark Tully was a giant among journalists and the greatest Indophile of his generation. He was also a uniquely warm, generous, gentle, kind and helpful man, at whose feet I was honoured to sit for many years as he patiently explained the subtleties & nuances of India. As the… pic.twitter.com/t97jWCpJ3f

— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) January 25, 2026

*The site changed server hosts in the autumn and some stories appear to have dropped off, we are looking to restore all including the very first article published on this website on August 1 2013…