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The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong

The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet

By: Gyalo Thondup,Anne F Thurston

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The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong

The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet

By: Gyalo Thondup,Anne F Thurston

This is the untold story of Tibet—a compelling account of conspiracy, covert organizations and international intrigue—told through the eyes of Gyalo Thondup, the Dalai Lama’s elder brother. After Tibet was overrun by the Chinese in 1951, Thondup served for decades as His Holiness’ special envoy to many countries, gaining an unparalleled perspective of the ongoing tussle of the divergent interests of China, India, Russia and the United States. Together with Anne F. Thurston, Gyalo Thondup shares his experiences, classified information and rare photos for the first time and his vision for Tibet in the twenty-first century.

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Random House India

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8184006918

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9788184006919

The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong

My Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet

By: Anne F. Thurston,Gyalo Thondup

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My Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet

By: Anne F. Thurston,Gyalo Thondup

For over half a century, noodlemaker Gyalo Thondup has been a familiar figure in the Himalayan hill town of Kalimpong. But it was not until 2010 that the townsfolk discovered his true identity: Gyalo Thondup is none other than the older brother of the Dalai Lama and his special envoy, a trusted interlocutor between Tibet and foreign leaders from Chiang Kai-shek to Jawaharlal Nehru, Zhou Enlai to Deng Xiaoping. Indeed, only the Dalai Lama himself has played a more important role in the political history of modern, tragedy-ridden Tibet. Now, for the first time, Gyalo Thondup is prepared to tell his story. His remarkable account offers an intimate, personal look at the Dalai Lama and his immediate family, as well as an insider's view of the vicious and sometimes deadly struggles within the Potala Palace - the seat of power in Tibet. His is a story of the 'real' Tibet - a country that is secular as well as sacred, where the source of conflict is not just with China but between Tibetans themselves. Candid and insightful, this long-awaited account reveals Gyalo Thondup to have been a key figure in the great game played out by China, India, Russia and the United States over the strate

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1846043832

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9781846043833

The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong

The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet

By: Gyalo Thondup,Anne F Thurston

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The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet

By: Gyalo Thondup,Anne F Thurston

Shortly before midnight on March 17, 1959, the Dalai Lama, without his glasses and dressed as an ordinary Tibetan solider, slipped out of his summer residence with only four aides at his side. At that moment, he became the symbolic head of the Tibetan government in exile, and Gyalo Thondup, the only one of the Dalai Lama's brothers not to don the robes of a Buddhist monk, became the fulcrum for the independence movement. The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong tells the extraordinary story of the Dalai Lama's family, the exile of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism from Tibet, and the enduring political crisis that has seen remote and bleakly beautiful Tibet all but disappear as an independent nation-state. For the last sixty years, Gyalo Thondup has been at the at the heart of the epic struggle to protect and advance Tibet in the face of unreliable allies, overwhelming odds, and devious rivals, playing an utterly determined and unique role in a Cold War high-altitude superpower rivalry. Here, for the first time, he reveals how he found himself whisked between Chiang Kai-shek, Zhou Enlai, Jawaharlal Nehru, and the CIA, as he tried to secure, on behalf of his brother, the future of Tibet.

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1610392906

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