Mark Tully cytaty

Mark Tully – dziennikarz i pisarz brytyjski. Trzydzieści lat pracował jako korespondent dla radia BBC w Indiach, 20 lat jako szef biura BBC w Delhi.

W roku 1956 rozpoczął studia w Trinity Hall na Uniwersytecie Cambridge. Został odznaczony Orderem Imperium Brytyjskiego. Wikipedia  

✵ 24. Październik 1935
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Mark Tully: Cytaty po angielsku

“I just knew I could not trust my sexuality to behave as a Christian priest should, And I didn't want to be a cause of scandal.”

" Mark Tully: The voice of India http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1735083.stm," BBC News, 31 December 2001

“I had rather thought I was yesterday's man.”

When he was named a Knight of the British Empire (KBE) in the Diplomatic and Overseas list of the Queen's honors.
Źródło: " It's Sir Mark Tully in UK honors list http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/12/31/tully.knighthood/," edition.cnn.com, CNN, December 31, 2001

“There is hope: in a fiercely independent Supreme court, a crusading free press and an absolute commitment to representative democracy. It's time to slip those last reins of rundown colonial institutions.”

Źródło: Michael Holland " Slow progress http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/dec/07/features.review?INTCMP=SRCH", The Guardian, 7 December 2003

“England struck me as a very miserable place, dark and drab, without the bright skies of India.”

" Mark Tully: The voice of India http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1735083.stm," BBC News, 31 December 2001

“I hate to lose my connection with the great city of Calcutta.”

On his application to obtain a copy of his birth certificate from the municipal authorities in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta at the age of 78. to be an "Overseas Citizen of India" (OCI)
It's Sir Mark Tully in UK honors list, 2001

“I am amazed that Roli Books should publish such thinly disguised plagiarism, and allow the author to hide in a cavalier manner behind a nom-de-plume. The book is clearly modelled on my career, even down to the name of the main character. That character's journalism is abysmal, and his views on Hindutva and Hinduism do not in any way reflect mine. I would disagree with them profoundly.”

Źródło: Dean Nelson, " Former BBC correspondent Sir Mark Tully attacked in novel http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/7552715/Former-BBC-correspondent-Sir-Mark-Tully-attacked-in-novel.html," in The Telegraph, 5 April 2010
On the controversy created in a thinly-disguised novel which portrays him as a heartless philanderer and supporter of fanatics.

“I am very proud to have worked with the BBC for 30 years. I had hoped to continue to work for the corporation but that is no longer possible.”

Źródło: Peter Victor, " Tully quits BBC http://www.independent.co.uk/news/tully-quits-bbc-1412865.html," The Independent, 10 July 1994

“There is blind secularism in this country [India]. If anyone speaks about Hinduism in this country, they are branded as Hindu fundamentalists.”

Źródło: " Former BBC-India Chief Highlights Multiple Paths to God http://hafsite.org/media/pr/former-bbc-india-chief-highlights-multiple-paths-god", hafsite.org, Hindu American Foundation (HAF), 19 October 2010

“I am amazed that Roli Books should publish such thinly disguised plagiarism, and allow the author to hide in a cavalier manner behind a nom-de-plume.”

The book is clearly modelled on my career, even down to the name of the main character. That character's journalism is abysmal, and his views on Hindutva and Hinduism do not in any way reflect mine. I would disagree with them profoundly.
On the controversy created in a thinly-disguised novel which portrays him as a heartless philanderer and supporter of fanatics.
Źródło: Dean Nelson, " Former BBC correspondent Sir Mark Tully attacked in novel http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/7552715/Former-BBC-correspondent-Sir-Mark-Tully-attacked-in-novel.html," in The Telegraph, 5 April 2010

“Whenever I go and give a talk on Hinduism, and when I say something nice about it, invariably someone from the audience will object: 'I think Hinduism is a disgusting religion because of the caste system.'”

Źródło: Quoted from Elst, K. The use of Dalits and racism in anti-Hindu propaganda https://web.archive.org/web/20190310132553/http://koenraadelst.bharatvani.org/articles/chr/christiandalit.html