The Noodle Maker Of Kalimpong: My Untold Story Of The Struggle For
Tibet

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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 & his special envoy, a trusted interlocutor between Tibet & 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 & his immediate family, as well as an insider`s view of the vicious & 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 & insightful, this long-awaited account reveals Gyalo Thondup to have been a key figure in the great game played out by China, India, Russia & the United States over the strategically important Tibetan plateau.