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Gyalo Thondup (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་ལོ་དོན་འགྲུབ, Wylie: rgyal lo don 'grub; Chinese: 嘉乐顿珠; pinyin: Jiālè Dùnzhū), born c.1927, is the second-eldest brother of the 14th Dalai Lama. He often acted as the Dalai Lama's unofficial envoy.
Apr 16, 2015 · 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...
Aug 19, 2015 · Gyalo Thondup, the Dalai Lama's elder brother, recounts his role in Tibet's relations with China, India, the US and other countries. He reveals his involvement with spies, resistance fighters, CIA, Chiang Kai-Shek and Deng Xiaoping in his book The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong.
Mar 5, 2015 · Gyalo Thondup, the Dalai Lama's brother, reveals his role in the independence movement of Tibet and his meetings with world leaders. Read reviews, ratings, and excerpts of his book The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong on Goodreads.
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Gyalo Thondup, 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).
Gyalo Thondup is the author of The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong (3.86 avg rating, 410 ratings, 52 reviews, published 2015)
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May 14, 2022 · 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 ...
