The noodle maker of Kalimpong : the Dalai Lama's brother and his struggle for Tibet / Gyalo Thondup, elder brother of the fourteenth Dalai Lama and Anne F. Thurston, coauthor of The Private Life of Chairman Mao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thondup, Gyalo, Lha-sras, 1928- author.

Thurston, Anne F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rgya-lo-don-grub, Lha-sras, 1928-.

Rgya-lo-don-grub.

Central Tibetan Administration-in-Exile (India)--Officials and employees--Biography.

Central Tibetan Administration-in-Exile (India).

Politicians--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Biography.

Politicians.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Politics and government.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China).

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

2015.

New York : PublicAffairs, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In December 2010 residents of Kalimpong, a town on the Indian border with Tibet, turned out en masse to welcome the Dalai Lama. It was only then they realized for the first time that the neighbor they knew as the noodle maker of Kalimpong was also the Dalai Lama's older brother. The Tibetan spiritual leader had come to visit the Gaden Tharpa Choeling monastery and join his brother for lunch in the family compound. Gyalo Thondup has long lived out of the spotlight and hidden from view, but his whole life has been dedicated to the cause of his younger brother and Tibet. He served for decades

Contents:

MAP OF TIBET; Contents; Introduction; Preface; 1. Taktser Village and Kumbum Monastery; 2. My Family; 3. The Search Team Arrives; 4. My Brother Is Recognized as the Fourteenth Dalai Lama; 5. The Dalai Lama's New Life; 6. My Family's New Life; 7. My Life Changes; 8. My Student Days in Nanjing; 9. Stranded in India; 10. Becoming an Intermediary; 11. The Chinese Invade; 12. The Long Journey Home; 13. Home Again; 14. Escape from Tibet; 15. Beginning Life in India; 16. The Dalai Lama Visits China; 17. The Dalai Lama Visits India; 18. The CIA Offers to Help; 19. The Dalai Lama's Escape

20. From Mussoorie to Dharamsala21. Mustang; 22. Settling Down in India; 23. The War between China and India; 24. The CIA Stops Its Support; 25. A New Life in Hong Kong; 26. My Return to China; 27. The Tenth Panchen Lama; 28. Meeting Deng Xiaoping; 29. Return to Tibet; 30. Our Negotiations Fail; 31. Another Opportunity Lost; 32. Opportunity Lost Again; 33. Return to Tibet; 34. Watching the World from Kalimpong; Afterword; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Glossary; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61039-290-6