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Dear Stephen,
My email did say "if I am not wrong" re Tully.
Point is that foreign nationals can get the award.
To the best of my knowledge.
W
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Wendell Rodricks, Campal, Panjim. GOA 403001. INDIA.
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On 28-Dec-2015, at 1:16 AM, Stephen Dias <steve.dia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Awards and honours[edit]
> Tully was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1985 and was
> awarded the Padma Shree in 1992.[6] He wasknighted in the New Year Honours
> 2002,[16] receiving a KBE, and in 2005 he received the Padma Bhushan.[17]
>
> I understand from Wendell that Mike alias Mark Tully is Padma Shri awardee
> given to foreigner? But in fact he was born in Kolkatta ( Tollygunge)
> British India.in Oct. 24, 1935 His father was a British businessman. He is
> veteran journalist. Sir William Mark Tully is the former Bureau Chief of BBC
> New Delhi..( REPORTED BY NDTV)
> Just for information to ALL.
>
> Stephen Dias, Dona Paula
> dATE: 28.12.2015
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:46:17 +0530
> From: Wendell Rodricks <wendellrodri...@gmail.com>
> To: Stephen Dias <steve.dia...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Goanet <goa...@goanet.org>, "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb.
> 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] REMO NATIONAL AWARD
>
>
> Dear all,
> Having been at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan myself, there are foreigners who get
> the Padma Shri award. In my year there were a few of them. Two stood out
> the most... for their contribution to education in India.
> If I am not wrong, BBC correspondent Mike Tully is a Padma Shri awardee.
> Foreign nationals can get the award
> Just for information.
> Wendell
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mark Tully
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> Sir Mark Tully
>
> Born William Mark Tully
> 24 October 1935 (age 80)
> Tollygunge, British India
> Education Marlborough College
> Trinity Hall, Cambridge
> Occupation Journalist, writer
> Title Sir
> Religion Anglican Christian
> Signature
>
> Sir William Mark Tully, KBE (born 24 Oct 1935)[1][2] is the former Bureau
> Chief of BBC, New Delhi. He worked with BBC for a period of 30 years before
> resigning in July 1994.[3] He held the position of Chief of Bureau, BBC,
> Delhi for 20 years.[4] He has received awards and he has also written books.
> Tully is also a member of The Oriental Club.
>
> Personal life[edit]
> Tully was born in Tollygunge, British India.[5] His father was a British
> businessman who was a partner in one of the leading managing agencies of the
> British Raj. He spent the first decade of his childhood in India, although
> without being allowed to socialise with Indian people; at the age of four, he
> was sent to a "British boarding school" in Darjeeling,[6][7] before going to
> England for further schooling from the age of nine.
> He was educated at Twyford School, Marlborough College and at Trinity Hall,
> Cambridge, where he studied Theology.[6] After Cambridge, he intended
> becoming a priest in the Church of England but abandoned the vocation after
> just two terms at Lincoln Theological College, admitting later that he had
> doubts about "trusting [his] sexuality to behave as a Christian priest".[2]
> Journalistic career[edit]
> Tully joined the BBC in 1964 and moved back to India in 1965 to work as the
> India Correspondent.[2][8][9] He covered all major incidents in South Asia
> during his tenure, ranging from Indo-Pakistan conflicts, Bhopal gas tragedy,
> Operation Blue Star (and the subsequent assassination of Indira Gandhi,
> anti-Sikh riots), Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi to the Demolition of Babri
> Masjid.[10][11][12] 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 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".[3]In 1994 he presented an episode of BBCs Great Railway
> Journeys "Karachi to The Khyber Pass" travelling by train across Pakistan.
> Since 1994 he has been working as a freelance journalist and broadcaster
> based in New Delhi.[8][10] He is currently the regular presenter of the
> weekly BBC Radio 4 programme Something Understood.[13]
> 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.[14] Tully is patron of the
> British branch of Child in Need India (CINI UK).[15] Tully is equally well
> versed in English and Hindi.
>
> Padma Shri
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> (Redirected from Padma Shree)
> Padma Shri
>
> Type Civilian
> Category National
> Instituted 1954
> First awarded 1954
> Last awarded 2015
> Total awarded 2680
> Awarded by Government of India
> Ribbon
> Award rank
> ← Kirti Chakra[1] Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak[1] →
> Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award in
> theRepublic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and
> thePadma Bhushan. Awarded by the Government of India, it is announced every
> year on India's Republic Day.[2]Padma Awards were instituted in 1954 to be
> awarded to citizens of India in recognition of their distinguished
> contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education,
> Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine,Social Service and Public
> Affairs. It has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were
> not citizens of India but did contribute in various ways to India.
> The selection criteria have been criticized in some quarters with the claim
> that many highly deserving artists have been left out in order to favor
> certain individuals.[3][citation needed]
> On its obverse, the words "Padma", meaning lotus in Sanskrit, and "Shri", a
> Sanskrit-derived honorific equivalent to 'Mr.' or 'Ms.', appear in
> Devanagariabove and below a lotus flower. The geometrical pattern on either
> side is in burnished bronze. All embossing is in white gold.
> As of 2014, 2680 people have received the award.[4][needs update]
