‎Gegen (Gergan) Dorje Tharchin‎
‎The Mirror of News, Wylie: yul phyogs so so'i gsar 'gyur gyi me long, ZYPY: Yulchog Soseu Sargyour Mélong) or Mirror of News from All Sides of the World 1925 - 1931 the first five years complete‎

‎Kalinpong 1925 Gegen (Gergan) Dorje Tharchin Hardcover 1st Edition ‎

Reference : 026965

‎Hardcover, 34 x 22 cm, Tibetan, 1st Edition, Illustrations, book condition: Very Good. In 1925, The Tibetan language Mirror of News was founded Kalimpong in West Bengal, India. Published after The Ladakh Journal (Ladakh Kyi Akbar), it is the second Tibetan language newspaper to have been started, per available records. Its founder was one Gergan Dorje Tharchin, a Tibetan of Christian denomination who was a pastor at Kalimpong, at the time a border town that acted as a centre for the wool trade between Tibet and India. He was born in 1890 in Himachal Pradesh, in a village named Poo (Wylie: spu), and he was educated by Moravian missionaries. He did not use his newspaper as a platform for proselytizing Christianity to his readers.rnPublished on a monthly basis, the journal first came out in October 1925 under the title The Mirror of News, Wylie: yul phyogs so so'i gsar 'gyur gyi me long, ZYPY: Yulchog Soseu Sargyour Mélong) or Mirror of News from All Sides of the World All 50 copies that were printed were sent to Gergan Tharchin's friends in Lhasa, including one for the 13th Dalai Lama who sent a letter encouraging him to continue with the publication and became an ardent reader. The 14th Dalai Lama was to inherit the Dalai Lama's subscription. rnGergan Tharchin, founderrnTharchin, also known as Tharchin Babu was at the same time journalist, chief editor and publisher. He would select the news from the newspapers of which he was a subscriber, and translate them into Tibetan for the journal. l He had assigned to himself the goals of awakening Tibetans to the modern world and opening up Tibet to the outside world. The journal reported on what went on in the world at the Chinese Revolution, at World War II, during the Indian independence movement, and covered events in Tibet, India, and in Kalimpong itself. rnthe western binding is still solid but has obvious flaws at the spine.rnVolume 1 : 1925/1926 : 1 12 complete rnvolume 2 : 1927 : 1 12 completernVolume 3: 1928 : 1 12 completernVolume 4: 1929 : 1 12 completernVolume 5: 1930 : 1 12 completern‎