KALIMPONG, India, 12 May 2005 October 1930 issue of the Tibet Mirror. Once a potpourri of flourishing trade and hub of secret agents from Britain, Tibet,China, India, America's CIA and probably other countries, Kalimpong seems today a mere worn-out town where everyone is only catching up on their lives. "After Tibet lost its independence (in 1959), Kalimpong's importance also diminished. There was no more trade between Tibet and India under Tibet's new ruler, and it (Kalimpong) was no more of any political significance," says 76-year-old Phurbu Dhondup, an elderly Tibetan living in the town. It was then the Tibetans brought wool to India, while on return they carried all kinds of household goods—you name it, you have it. It was here that the first Tibetan newspaper was born. "The Tibet Mirror Press; Established 1925", reads the signboard on the crumbling tinned house, near the 10th Milestone (doesn't exist now though) on Giri road. Albeit the first T...
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