Through the India-China Border

Prem Poddar is Professor in Cultural Encounters at Roskilde University in Denmark and Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellow in Germany. He is former and founding Vice-Chancellor of Darjeeling Hills University, India. He is currently ICAS:MP Senior Fellow. His research interests include cultural theory, nationalisms, and the politics of the passport. Lisa Lindkvist Zhang is Postdoctoral Fellow at Tohoku University and Analyst at the Swedish National China Centre. She defended her PhD dissertation Re-thinking Indian Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century China at Heidelberg University in 2023. Her research focuses on philosophy and history in light of Chinese politics and China-India relations.

Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; 1. Introduction: Kalimpong as Interface – Post/colonial and Transcultural; 2. Kalimpong as Metonym: India–China Correlation; 3. Chinese (and Tibetan) Certification in Himalayan India: Foreigner Registration Files 1940s–1960s; 4. Espionage, Intrigues and Politics: Kalimpong Chung Hwa School as International Playhouse; 5. Shangri-la (Gyalthang) to Kalimpong: The Road of Trade, Transculture and Conflict; 6. Inconclusion: Not The Last Word; Bibliography; Index.