Delhi To Beijing Bullet Train (Or Hyperloop)

Train Distance from Beijing to Lhasa: 3,757 KM
Lhasa to Kathmandu Distance: 606 KM
Kathmandu to Birgunj air distance: 87 KM (Kathmandu Terai Fast Track in mind) make it 100 KM
Raxaul to Delhi train Distance: 1,230 KM

Hyperloop Top Speed: 760 MPH, round figure 1,000 KM per hour.

3,757 + 606 + 100 + 1,230 = 5,693 KM (a six hour journey on a Hyperloop)
Alternately, a Kathmandu to Delhi Hyperloop would be 1330 KM and not even one and a half hours. Make it two hours with all the plentiful stops along the way.

But this will depend on turning the Kathmandu-Birgunj corridor into a major knowledge economy hub that is open to citizens and non-citizens alike. The natural air-conditioning is a huge plus.

Buildig this Hyperloop is much, much cheaper than a China-India arms race. Turn the LAC into the final boundary and be done with it. Those are rocks and stones. Why fight over rocks and stones?



Reconstruction In The Aftermath Of The Nepal Earthquake
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Hipat Megacity
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December 16: Omicron Variant, Gagan Thapa

Omicron spreading rapidly in U.S. and could bring punishing wave as soon as January, CDC warns But federal and some pharmaceutical executives signal they do not currently favor revising vaccines, saying existing regimen plus boosters are effective .........

the omicron variant is rapidly spreading in the United States and could peak in a massive wave of infections as soon as January

Teachers all over the US are burnt out, but parents’ compassion has gone Sadly, it appears that respecting the teaching profession was just a pandemic fad ........ The past 12 months have been terrible, period, but particularly terrible for those working in schools. Please dig deep, we are advised; these are uniquely difficult times. ......... If we were frightened in 2020, there was also a sense of readjustment, much discussed, about what we owed to one another. There was a warm glow of mutual responsibility. Those taken for granted were lauded and rewarded. In New York, food delivery apps introduced a button for a 40% tip, and teachers and doctors were heroes. .......... Over the past year, gratuities winnowed back to 20% and griping about school schedules resurfaced. ....... It’s a feature of burnout that while one’s own is deeply felt and definitely real, other people are mostly faking it. The state of burnout erodes tolerance. To nurse one’s own bruised system relies on everyone else’s being up and running. No one has the bandwidth to accommodate the needs of others, particularly if they make one’s own life more difficult.