Daily Archives: 9 April 2010

‘A thoroughly decent man, one of the finest ever’

In The Daily Telegraph, London, Dean Nelson reports the plight of the BBC’s “Voice of India”, Sir Mark Tully, “who has come under extraordinary attack in a thinly disguised novel which portrays him as a heartless philanderer and supporter of fanatics.” “The book is clearly modelled on my career, even down to the name of…

How a newspaper’s prank exposed websites

Mrinal Pande, the chairperson of the Prasar Bharati Corporation and former editor of the Hindi daily, Hindustan, throws light on an April 1 prank by a Hindi newspaper (click on the image for a larger frame). Newspaper facsimile: courtesy The Indian Express Also read: How a giant pig fooled American media The classic April fool…