Friday, April 10, 2015

Lhasa To Kathmandu In Six Hours

English: Mount Everest North Face as seen from...
English: Mount Everest North Face as seen from the path to the base camp, Tibet. Español: Cara norte del Monte Everest vista desde el sendero que lleva al campo base en el Tibet (China). Français : Face nord du Mont Everest vue du chemin menant au camp de base. Tibet. Italiano: Faccia Nord del monte Everest vista dal sentiero che porta al campo base in Tibet. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
If the train will move at 120 kilometers per hour, and since Lhasa to Kathmandu is about 600 kilometers, that puts the travel distance at six hours. This tunnel under Mount Everest will take Nepal-China, indeed China-South Asia relations to unprecedented heights. This will also put pressure on India to deeply integrate itself to Nepal through major infrastructure projects like the Hulaki Rajmarga.

Kathmandu to Lumbini is another 200 kilometers. That would be the logical extension once the train reaches Kathmandu. The logical thing to do would be to take the train straight south to the plains and then go west to Lumbini.

That would also form the framework for the East West train along the plains to ultimately create a Beijing to Delhi train track. You can not think of a better symbol for this Asian Century.

Thursday, April 09, 2015

Incompetence Is A Problem

The issue is not just to liberate from a state that refuses to become inclusive. Why is the state non-inclusive in the first place? Ethnic prejudice does not explain all of it. The number one reason is the incompetence of those who pretend to lead. The Madhesi people need to be liberated from that incompetence.


Madhes Liberation From Colonization, Corruption And Incompetence

This liberation movement is not just a quest to liberate a people from a state where there is near zero participation of Madhesis, but it is also a quest to liberate Madhes from the corrupt and incompetent ways of the likes of KP Oli, Bamdev Gautam, and Sushil Koirala. The Madhesi people need to be saved from political leaders who are destined to keep Nepal as a permanent Third World country. The Madhesi people deserve to be a prosperous people. बामदेव केपी र सुशील यति सारहो गए गुज्रेको गन्हाएको घिनलाग्दो र निकम्मा हुन कि मधेसी जनता लाई तिन बाट मुक्ति प्रदान गर्नु जरुरी भएको छ। The heck with all round incompetence.