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Bhutan’s bold step toward building universal happiness

ཟླ་༨ 21, 2025 4 mins read
Bhutan’s bold step toward building universal happiness

I arrived in Bhutan for the 2025 Bhutan Echoes literary festival expecting postcard beauty–the valleys, the mountains, the wind-tossed prayer flags. What I found was a deeper national treasure: a culture where kindness is instinct, and strangers become friends before you know their names.

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