Happiness Day March 20: Are you happy?

Probably that is a question only you can answer better than anybody else but I was astounded to read that I, I mean Indians stand at 118^th spot in the world at the scale of happiness. As per the report of World Happiness this year released just before the UN World Happiness Day on 20 March, we are lesser happy compared to last year.

Strange, but I will not question the authenticity of the surveyors because we are still better than 39 countries. However but baffles me is that all our neighbors are happier than us including Bangladesh, Pakistan and China. Even countries like Somalia, Iran and Palestine are better placed than us.

As I said I will not question the report but would like to see what they take into account while try to ascertain the level of happiness for a particular country. I think the particular section of United Nations Organization responsible for this study takes into account different aspects of human life like education, social security, social and economical status of citizens of a particular country.

I am not sure if the UNO did a survey in right places before declaring their result because nobody came to me for my opinion from this or any other organization so at least they can’t say I am one of those who is not happy lol. On a serious note if they found citizens of Switzerland or Denmark the happiest people In the world I have nothing to express dissatisfaction or annoyance about but Palestine… no way.

They have taken many things into account like per capita income, life span, social security and citizens’ capability of self-decision. I have nothing against the report as they can keep any country in their list as they have a pen and they have a paper. But I don’t see any reason for us going so low in that list. India is one of the fastest economies with largest middle class. But as I said they have their own reasons to place any countries anywhere in that list.

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