Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Gross National Happiness

"Gross national happiness includes criteria like equity, good
government and harmony with nature. It apparently does not include
harmony with the 100,000 ethnic Nepalis who fled Bhutan after a royal
crackdown on their agitation for democratic rights and have
languished since 1990 in refugee camps in Nepal."

"Line Up and Pick a Dragon: Bhutan Learns to Vote," New York Times,
April 24, 2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/world/asia/24bhutan.html