India, Feb. 13 -- "Stand aside and live another day to tell a new story." It was advice Sir William Mark Tully gave to a younger reporter while reporting from a conflict zone. Do not become the story, he said. Tell it.

That line echoed through the auditorium of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia on Thursday evening, as colleagues, friends, and admirers gathered to remember the veteran journalist who became one of the most trusted narrators of India's modern history.

The memorial meeting, held at the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) premises on Mathura Road, drew senior journalists, editors, and members of the diplomatic community. The club also adopted a formal resolution to name its auditorium in his honour.

"This decisio...