{"product_id":"the-noodle-maker-of-kalimpong-the-untold-story-of-my-struggle-for-tibet-hardcover-1","title":"The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong: The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGyalo Thondup\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne F. Thurston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortly 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Noodle Maker of Kalimpong\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGyalo Thondup\u003c\/b\u003e, the older brother of the Dalai Lama, lives on a hilltop compound in Kalimpong, India, that also houses the noodle factory he set up with his late wife, Diki Dolkar (Zhu Dan). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne F. Thurston\u003c\/b\u003e is a China specialist and senior research professor at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. She was the coauthor for the international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Private Life of Chairman Mao\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eEnemies of the People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Chinese Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.4 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48445071196381,"sku":"9781610392891","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/tsnF9ay9Pp9781610392891_c743680e-0d57-4860-ae42-3d621daab01a.webp?v=1787760190","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-noodle-maker-of-kalimpong-the-untold-story-of-my-struggle-for-tibet-hardcover-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}