Dear Wendell In fact I was glad that you brought to the information of all the readers of Goanet and the Goans that Award like Padma Sri and other naional awards is given to foreigners also, which I thought it should have been restricted only to nationals, if a person/s of criminal background or having charges at the police stations, even imprisonment etc must be verified before releasing awards to anybody especially to foreigners even to OCI persons. May be with this write up Government may think twice what needs to be done before releasing it. Thanks
Let me also wish you and your family " COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2106'" Stephen Dias Dona Paula --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 29 December 2015 at 08:40, Wendell Rodricks <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Tully&action=edit§ion=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro> >> ] >> >> Tully was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire> in 1985 and >> was awarded the Padma Shree <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shree> in >> 1992.[6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-th2-6> He >> wasknighted <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight> in the New Year >> Honours 2002 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year_Honours_2002>,[16] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-PTI-16> receiving a >> KBE <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBE>, and in 2005 he received the Padma >> Bhushan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Bhushan>.[17] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-ig-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 >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#mw-head> >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#p-search> >> Sir Mark Tully[image: Mark Tully 1.jpg] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Tully_1.jpg>BornWilliam Mark >> Tully >> 24 October 1935 (age 80) >> Tollygunge <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollygunge>, British India >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_India>EducationMarlborough College >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough_College> >> Trinity Hall, Cambridge >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge>OccupationJournalist, >> writerTitleSirReligionAnglican ChristianSignature[image: MarkTully >> Autograph.jpg] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarkTully_Autograph.jpg> >> >> *Sir William Mark Tully*, KBE >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire> >> (born >> 24 Oct 1935)[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-1>[2] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-BBC-2> is the former >> Bureau Chief of BBC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC>, New Delhi. He >> worked with BBC for a period of 30 years before resigning in July 1994. >> [3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-ti-3> He held >> the position of Chief of Bureau, BBC, Delhi for 20 years.[4] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-th-4> He has >> received awards and he has also written books. Tully is also a member of The >> Oriental Club <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Club>. >> >> >> Personal life[edit >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Tully&action=edit§ion=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro> >> ] >> >> Tully was born in Tollygunge <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollygunge>, >> British >> India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_India>.[5] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-5> His father was a >> British businessman who was a partner in one of the leading managing >> agencies of the British Raj <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling>,[6] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-th2-6>[7] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-unt-7> before going >> to England for further schooling from the age of nine. >> >> He was educated at Twyford School >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twyford_School>, Marlborough College >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough_College> and at Trinity Hall, >> Cambridge <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge>, where >> he studied Theology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology>.[6] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-th2-6> After >> Cambridge, he intended becoming a priest in the Church of England >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England> but abandoned the >> vocation after just two terms at Lincoln Theological College >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Theological_College>, admitting >> later that he had doubts about "trusting [his] sexuality to behave as a >> Christian priest".[2] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-BBC-2> >> Journalistic career[edit >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Tully&action=edit§ion=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro> >> ] >> >> Tully joined the BBC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC> in 1964 and >> moved back to India in 1965 to work as the India Correspondent.[2] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-BBC-2>[8] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-uy-8>[9] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-LAT-9> He covered >> all major incidents in South Asia during his tenure, ranging from >> Indo-Pakistan >> conflicts <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistan_conflict>, Bhopal >> gas tragedy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_gas_tragedy>, Operation >> Blue Star <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star> (and the >> subsequent assassination of Indira Gandhi >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi>, anti-Sikh riots >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Sikh_riots>), Assassination of Rajiv >> Gandhi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi> to >> the Demolition of Babri Masjid >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya_debate#Demolition_of_Babri_Masjid> >> .[10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-CNN-10>[11] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-BBC-bluestar-11>[12] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-BBC-babri-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 >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-ti-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] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-uy-8>[10] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-CNN-10> He is >> currently the regular presenter of the weekly BBC Radio 4 >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4> programme *Something >> Understood <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Understood>*.[13] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-13> >> >> As a guest of the Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-14> Tully is patron >> of the British branch of Child in Need India >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_In_Need_Institute_(CINI)> (CINI UK). >> [15] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-15> Tully is >> equally well versed in English and Hindi >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi>. >> >> >> Padma Shri >> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia >> (Redirected from Padma Shree >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Padma_Shree&redirect=no>) >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#mw-head> >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#p-search> >> Padma Shri[image: Padma Shri India IIIe Klasse.jpg] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Padma_Shri_India_IIIe_Klasse.jpg>Type >> CivilianCategoryNationalInstituted1954First awarded1954Last awarded2015 >> Total awarded2680Awarded byGovernment of India >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India>Ribbon[image: IND >> Padma Shri BAR.png] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IND_Padma_Shri_BAR.png>Award rank← Kirti >> Chakra <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirti_Chakra>[1] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#cite_note-precedence-1>Sarvottam >> Jeevan Raksha Padak >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak>[1] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#cite_note-precedence-1> → >> >> *Padma Shri* (also *Padmashree*) is the fourth highest civilian award >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_honours_system> in theRepublic of >> India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_India>, after the Bharat >> Ratna <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna>, the Padma Vibhushan >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan> and thePadma Bhushan >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Bhushan>. Awarded by the Government >> of India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India>, it is >> announced every year on India's Republic Day >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(India)>.[2] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#cite_note-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 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts>, Education >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education>, Industry >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry>, Literature >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature>, Science >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science>, Sports >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports>, Medicine >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine>,Social Service >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Service> and Public Affairs >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_affairs_(broadcasting)>. 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] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#cite_note-3>[*citation needed >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*] >> >> On its obverse, the words "Padma", meaning lotus in Sanskrit >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit>, and "Shri >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri>", a Sanskrit-derived honorific >> equivalent to 'Mr.' or 'Ms.', appear in Devanagari >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari>above and below a lotus >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera> flower. The geometrical >> pattern on either side is in burnished bronze >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze>. All embossing is in white gold >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_gold>. >> >> As of 2014, 2680 people have received the award.[4] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#cite_note-4>[*needs update >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items>* >> ] >> >> >
