Earlier this week, the World Wildlife Federation published a new book, “The Eastern Himalayas: Where the World Collides.”
In it, the conservancy organization touted the discovery of over 350 new species in Bhutan and parts of India and Nepal over the last…
More →Here you can find a video with impressions from the exhibition of Pierre Proskes project Grand Mutual Smiles in Thimphu/Bhutan:
Grand Mutual Smiles from Pierre Proske on Vimeo.
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While Bhutan is well-known for its commitment to happiness (and in recent months, an uptick in suicide), hopefully things will turn around with the new private college, the Royal Thimphu College.
According to a recent article in The Hindu, classes began…
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The BBC reports in a surprising drop in the country’s overall level of happiness — because after all, three suicides in the last week alone aren’t exactly a great indicator of things.
The news service adds: “The country’s main newspaper, Kuensel, says…
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In a recent trip to Thimphu, New York Times reporter Seth Mydans spent some time with Kinley Dorji, Bhutan’s secretary of information and communications.
Bhutan, of course, is known around the world for its king’s suggestion in the 1970s to pursue “gross…
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Bhutan’s isolation from the rest of the world and its focus on “Gross National Happiness” rather than Gross National Product have always appealed to Westerners burned out on hyper-connectivity and accelerated technological change. Until the eve of the new millenium…
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