Title: The noodle maker of Kalimpong : the Dalai Lama's brother and his struggle for Tibet /
Authors: Rgya-lo-don-grub, 1928-; Thurston, Anne F.
Year: 2015
Subjects: Rgya-lo-don-grub,; Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Family.; Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,; 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.; Tibetans India Biography.; Employees; Families; Political science; Politicians; Tibetans; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Politics and government.; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Biography.; Kālimpong (India) Biography.; China Tibet Autonomous Region; India; India Kālimpong
Abstract: Traces the life of the fourteenth Dalai Lama's older brother, who became the center of the Tibetan independence movement following his brother's exile, providing details on their childhood and the political crisis that has brought him face to face with such leaders as Chiang Kai-shek and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Contents: Taktser Village and Kumbum Monastery -- My family -- The search team arrives -- My brother is recognized as the fourteenth Dalai Lama -- The Dalai Lama's new life -- My family's new life -- My life changes -- My student days in Nanjing -- Stranded in India -- Becoming an intermediary -- The Chinese invade -- The long journey home -- Home again -- Escape from Tibet -- Beginning life in India -- the Dalai Lama visits China -- The Dalai Lama visits India -- The CIA offers to help -- The Dalai Lama's escape -- From Mussoorie to Dharamsala -- Mustang -- Settling down in India -- The war between India and China -- The CIA stops its support -- A new life in Hong Kong -- My return to China -- The tenth Panchen Lama -- Meeting Deng Xiaoping -- Return to Tibet -- Our negotiations fail -- Another opportunity lost -- Opportunity lost again -- Return to Tibet -- Watching the world from Kalimpong.