Dear Stephen, I thank for your understanding All the best for the season And a happy 2016 everyone Wendell
Sent from my iPad Wendell Rodricks, Campal, Panjim. GOA 403001. INDIA. Off tel: +91-832-2420604, Shop tel: +91-832-2238177 Off email: [email protected] On 28-Dec-2015, at 5:42 PM, Stephen Dias <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Wendel, > > I have not disputed. I have only downloaded site sent to me a Goanet person. > It is self explanatory for all the readers. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > On 28 December 2015 at 04:33, Wendell Rodricks <[email protected]> > wrote: >> 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 >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> Wendell Rodricks, Campal, Panjim. GOA 403001. INDIA. >> Off tel: +91-832-2420604, Shop tel: +91-832-2238177 >> Off email: [email protected] >> >> >> On 28-Dec-2015, at 1:16 AM, Stephen Dias <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>> To: Stephen Dias <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Goanet <[email protected]>, "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. >>> 1994!" <[email protected]> >>> 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] >
