Through the India–China Border: Kalimpong in the Himalayas: Prem Poddar and Lisa Lindkvist Zhang

Prem Poddar and Lisa Lindkvist Zhang’s Through the India–China Border: Kalimpong in the Himalayas intervenes in one of the most charged and persistently under-examined spaces of Asia – the Indo–Chinese frontier. The book’s central question is deceptively simple: How might the story of the India–China border be told by studying Kalimpong, a small Himalayan town that once served as a vital trans-Himalayan hub? For scholars of contemporary Asia, Through the India–China Border will stand out as a vital historical resource. It is also an important reminder that the contemporary politics of India–China relations cannot be understood without examining their border, and the junctures at which it is crossed.