Indore : Veteran journalist Sir William Mark Tully has said humanity should be basis of every religion. He was addressing a talk show, organised by Tavleen Foundation at Golden Jubilee Auditorium, SGSITS. Educationist Smita Rathore and model & actress Akanksha Puri also attended the event.
Tully, who was former chief of BBC, New Delhi and worked over 30 years n the field of journalism, covered all major incidents in India during his tenure in the BBC.
Tully, who covered Indo-Pakistan conflicts, Bhopal gas tragedy, Operation Blue Star and assassination of Indira Gandhi, anti-Sikh riots, assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and demolition of Babri Masjid, was in the city to speak on ‘India: The different way ahead’.
Changing environment will change life of people, so everyone should maintain harmony in nature, he said and added, “We are part of the nature, so it is our prime responsibility to protect it. Unfortunately, the modern India is doing more harm than good to the nature that is why the country’s capital is facing alarming pollution.”
Responding to a question on what he regrets most at the age of 80, Tully said: ‘It’s speaking good Hindi’. I have a desire to speak excellent Hindi but still I can’t, though worked for decades in India. “I think the reason is people here speak only English while talking to me and I reply them n English,” he quipped.
Tully said, “World’s perception has been changed on Modi’s Governance that the country is moving on the right track of development but there is an urgent need for change in the governance system, which is old and rigid.”
After 69 years of independence, the British raj still exists in India. The ministries are still working on the British system. Even the police systems are functioning in the same manner the Britishers used to. This country needs change in its system, he added. Talking about the present media in India, he expressed his misery.