We are happy to announce that Markus Viehbeck's (ISTB University of Vienna) collected volume, focussing on Kalimpong as "Contact Zone", has been reprinted by Vajra Books:

Transcultural Encounters in the Himalayan Borderlands - Kalimpong as a "Contact Zone"

The volume, originally published by Heidelberg University Publishing, is also digitally available: Open Acces

This collaborative study investigates the hill station of Kalimpong and the larger Eastern Himalayan borderlands as a paradigmatic case of a “contact zone.” Using a plethora of local and global historical sources, the contributing essays follow the pathways of people from diverse cultural backgrounds. The volume provides not only a nuanced historiography of Kalimpong and its adjacent areas, but also a conceptual model for studying transcultural processes in borderland spaces and their colonial and post-colonial dynamics.