Gross National Happiness
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Oct 29, 2026
Ramesh RamachandraHOST
And how does sustainability show up in Bhutan?
DekiGUEST
For Bhutan, we don't have to put really a lot of effort to do that because we are guided by the gross national happiness, those pillars.
DekiGUEST
It's not only about the economic development.
DekiGUEST
It has to be aligned with gross national happiness.
DekiGUEST
What do we call it? Holistic prosperity.
DekiGUEST
For us, sustainable should not be a short-term goal.
DekiGUEST
You know,
Ramesh RamachandraHOST
when I was at the airport, I picked up this book about the Gross National Happiness.
Nadine BurgessGUEST
And it's a small country, only about the size of Switzerland.
Nadine BurgessGUEST
under 800,000 people, no stoplights, so very remote, and a Buddhist country where the focus is so much on Happiness, not on Gross National Product, but Gross National Happiness.
Nadine BurgessGUEST
Yeah.
Nadine BurgessGUEST
So it's a magical place.
Nadine BurgessGUEST
GNH.
Nadine BurgessGUEST
Yes, exactly.
Nadine BurgessGUEST
Gross National Happiness.
Nadine BurgessGUEST
Yes, so we got to learn all about that and Buddhism and went whitewater river rafting and hiked up to a monastery where we stayed for a couple nights.
Nadine MarieGUEST
So it's a magical place to be.
Nadine MarieGUEST
GNH.
Nadine MarieGUEST
Yes, exactly.
Nadine MarieGUEST
Gross national happiness.
NadineGUEST
So it's a magical place to be.
NadineGUEST
GNH.
NadineGUEST
Yes, exactly.
NadineGUEST
Gross national happiness.
Zaheer IqbalGUEST
Gross National Happy.
Sonakshi SinhaGUEST
Happiness.
Zaheer IqbalGUEST
Gross, gross?
Sonakshi SinhaGUEST
[laughs]
Amin JazHOST
Gross National Happiness.
Zaheer IqbalGUEST
Gross National Happiness.
Sonakshi SinhaGUEST
Happiness.
Sonakshi SinhaGUEST
Yeah.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
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Pomnyun SunimHOST
So as you know, the Bhutan government, um, they focus on the happiness of their people, and they have this measurement of GNH, Gross National Happiness.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
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Pomnyun SunimHOST
So we're in the, in the process of discussing with each other because Bhutan is a Buddhist country.
speaker_2HOST
A very different way of looking at progress.
speaker_2HOST
Not GDP, but GNH.
speaker_2HOST
Yeah.
speaker_2HOST
It's a smaller nation, I think.
Topher WilkinsGUEST
Yeah.
Topher WilkinsGUEST
What is it? Is it Bhutan that has the gross national happiness index as opposed to the gross domestic product? Such a different way of thinking about it.
Cathy DimarchosHOST
And I can tell you, I've been to Bhutan and you can actually feel that, you know, I mean, they actually, they, they minimize the actual footprint from international tourism.
Cathy DimarchosHOST
Their population is actually small.
NimaHOST
That's what it takes.
NimaHOST
After a couple of amazing days exploring Bhutan and spending more times with locals and getting to know the culture, we finally got a chance to sit down with the Secretary of Gross National Happiness Commissioner.
speaker_20GUEST
Of course, government intervention, when we talk about creating conditions, is always an indirect instrument because we literally can't go making people happy or putting smiles on their face.
speaker_20GUEST
All we can do is things which will, we, which we see are important to them, we take care of it.
NimaHOST
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NimaHOST
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NimaHOST
The Secretary of Gross National Happiness Commissioner of Bhutan brought up a good point: how we use our time.
NimaHOST
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