Unhappy person... Am I??

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Recent study have found out that We Indians are one of the Unhappiest persons in the world... Ranked at 125 in the world, we are just 50 places above the least happiest nation (Burundi)...

Happiness Index

Just a crude check on the per capita income and the happiness index, one could easily note that its all related to money... Making a generalization one can say, the more wealthier u are the more happy u are... But exceptions are surely there...

GDP Per Capita

Comparing with our neighbor, Bhutan which ranks high above... Not so wealthy, they haven't had democracy for long, or even TV , new fashion or the video games, but surely happy... Its just a shame we are ranked so low...

How to Be Happy

Yes... Population is a big factor... Comparing it at the miniscule level...by just looking at myself.... Am I happy...? There are many of my friends earning 5 digit numbers every month... Are they happy...? Unhappy about Work, about pay... Umpteen reasons for it... Is it time that we stop worrying and start enjoying???

3 comments:

Saraks said...

Lack of money causes unhappiness.But money doesn't create happiness. Moreover wealth creates happiness only when it is increasing. If you are a multi-millionaire and stay the same, doesn't add zilch to yor happiness index.

But not sure about Nepal. They sure must be smoking lot of pot.

sivaraman said...

ahaha... pot... might be...:) ... but money is a big factor nowadays... from relationships to social status to everything(what not money cant do)... But what is happiness nowadays... goin to movies, buying reebok?? ... What Im saying is Money has become a BIG factor in our lives nowadays... more than the Health or the Relationships...

Saraks said...

They key difference that I see is since our survival is guaranteed, we are contemplating about the happiness and all that. Sure our fathers never asked those questions. They had a family to raise. So what we have here is two things:

1. When survival is a quest that you don't think of existential problems.
2. When survival is guaranteed and you search for happiness.

Which is better is something that i have no idea about.