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A mindful experiment in the Himalayas: Why India and Nepal can be cautiously optimistic about Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City

ཟླ་༥ 12, 2025 6 mins read
A mindful experiment in the Himalayas: Why India and Nepal can be cautiously optimistic about Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City

In December 2023, Bhutan launched one of its most ambitious development initiatives in modern history: the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC). Situated in southern Bhutan next to the Indian border, GMC is not only an urban development initiative; it serves as a philosophical, economic, and environmental framework designed to amalgamate mindfulness, modernism, and sustainability.

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