A few months ago, when the World Happiness Report was announced, it was shocking to note that India’s neighbours (Sri Lanka and Pakistan), both considered unstable due to recent economic crises and/or ongoing political turmoil, had ranked better than us. How was that even possible? For all our problems of high inflation and unemployment rates, our country was surely on much better footing economically than others in the sub-continent. Were the parameters of measurement skewed against us? What drove these nations in distress to be happier than us? When I got the chance to take a quick break, curiosity got the better of me and I chose Sri Lanka as a travel destination. The intent was to learn and observe first-hand what made the island country rank at 112 when India came in at 126. It seemed fit that it came exactly a year after the economic crisis.
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