Word: bhutan
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...scientist Michael Hawley has authored the world’s largest book: a 133-pound, five-by-seven-foot tome entitled “Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Kingdom. (“The Book To End All Books,” 4/8/04...
...scientist Michael Hawley has authored the world’s largest book: a 133-pound, five-by-seven-foot tome entitled “Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Kingdom. (“The Book To End All Books,” 4/8/04...
...board my flight home, I am left with one lingering question: Is life in the US really better than life in Bhutan? Sure, we have washing machines and department stores, flushing toilets and pizza delivery and real showers. But do we appreciate any of those things? And if the answer is no, then are we no better off? Are our lives happier, or just easier? In Bhutan, life is shorter but it is infused with meaning and filled with familial love—due in particular to the Buddhist beliefs that permeate every black and white farmhouse...
...same time, I remind myself not to romanticize Bhutan. For all its natural beauty and fairy tale-like aspects, there is poverty and lack of education and even racism. One night, my friend Tshering, in a rare break from the usual unwavering Bhutanese patriotism, confides that she would love to travel to the US. “For good?” I ask, “Or just a visit...
...will be good,” she tells me. “But I’ll always come back to Bhutan.” And in the restless black of the Bhutan night, I pledge the same...