City of Cheer

Paagla Dashu · Oct 7th, 2005, 06:25

Pune is home to happiest Indians in the world

LONDON: The happiest Indians in all the world live in Pune and India's Western seaboard is absurdly happy compared to both Delhi, its political centre, and Silicon Alley down south in Bangalore, while Kolkata is our capital of cheerlessness, according to a survey of gross national happiness across the planet.

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sadhuji · Oct 7th, 2005, 08:29

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Originally Posted by Paagla Dashu

Pune is home to happiest Indians in the world.....

it was indeed a surprise. i wonder what yardsticks were employed to arrive at this astounding result!!!!

an answer is given - '.... Sociologists said the happiness barometer appeared to follow in the all-singing, all-dancing tracks of Bhutan's King Jigme Sigme Wangchuk, who is increasingly notching up publicity points for his relatively recent model, which measures Gross National Happiness rather than Gross Domestic Product....'

is it to be presumed that the international community considers the lavish song-and-dance sequences of bollywood, tollywood, chollywood etc as indicators????

inca · Oct 7th, 2005, 08:44

why is kolkota called city of joy ,i thought people were happy there

Oct 7th, 2005, 06:25	#1
Paagla Dashu Unreasonably Unreasonable Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Where They Wear Clogs Posts: 1,223	City of Cheer Pune is home to happiest Indians in the world LONDON: The happiest Indians in all the world live in Pune and India's Western seaboard is absurdly happy compared to both Delhi, its political centre, and Silicon Alley down south in Bangalore, while Kolkata is our capital of cheerlessness, according to a survey of gross national happiness across the planet. Read the full article

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