Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  'Kugamuchirwa kuNyika yeGNH' kwakanga kwakanyorwa padhirowa pamberi pangu pandakaburuka mundege panhandare yendege yeParo. Ndakanga ndichangobva kusvika muBhutan, uko Gross National Happiness inonzi inokosha zvikuru kupfuura Gross Domestic Product uye kubudirira mune zvoupfumi. Zvechokwadi zvakandipa zvokudya zvokufunga. Tisati tatombomhara, ndaiziva kuti ndakanga ndiri kushanyira nzvimbo yakasiyana nedzimwe. Maira emireza yokunyengetera akanga akafukidza nhandare uye panzvimbo penhandare yendege yazvino uno isina upenyu, nhandare yakanga ine madziro akacheneswa namavara uye mahwindo akavezwa akavezwa nemifananidzo yakaisvonaka. Chikwangwani bedzi chakaratidzira varoorani vaduku vanokwezva, mambo wechishanu namambokadzi wake, vachitaridzika sokunge vakanga vabuda mufirimu reBollywood. Tiger's Nest Monastery inzvimbo tsvene zvikurusa munyika yechiBuddha yeBhutan uye yakavakwa muzana ramakore rechi8. Tashi, mutungamiriri wangu wevhiki racho, akanga aripo kuzosangana neni, achiisa sikarudzi chena pamutsipa wangu sechiratidzo chokugamuchira. Akanga akapfeka chipfeko chenyika chinozivikanwa kwose kwose, jasi rinosvika pamabvi rakaiswa bhandi rakafara. Vakadzi vakanga vakapfeka zvakanaka zvipfeko zvinonzi sarong refu zvine majasi esirivha nemachira akavezwa. Umambo uhwu huduku hweHimalaya, hwakaganhurirwa pakati peTibet neIndia, inyika yengano nemashiripiti - Shangri-La umo, sokutaura kunoita ngano, ingwe dzinobhururuka mumhepo uye varoyi vanogara mumasango ekare. ChiBuddha chiri pamwoyo penzanga. Dzimba dzinoshongedzwa namadhiragoni, mhuka uye zviratidzo zvomuviri womunhu kuti zvidzivirire pakufunga kwakaipa, uye zvivako zvechiBuddha, zvinozivikanwa sezvidhinha, zvinomiswa pedyo nenzizi kuti zvidzivise midzimu yakaipa inenge iri pasi pemvura. Dzong dzakakura, nhare dzevafundisi vomuzana remakore repakati nepakati, shongwe dzinotarisana nemipata uye nzvimbo tsvene dzine mavhiri eminamato akavezwa nendarama dzakapararira pamakomo. Mureza wemunamato unoshongedza nzvimbo zhinji munyika yechitendero iyo inoyera kubudirira kwayo neGross National Happiness index. Tiger's Nest, nzvimbo inoyera zvikurusa munyika yacho, yakatwasuka zvikuru pamupendero wakamanikana pamusoro peParo Valley. Kwakanga kuri kurohwa kwakaoma, kwemaawa matatu nomusango rakaoma kuti ndisvike patemberi duku uye ndakanga...
Bhutan inoyera kubudirira kwayo neGross National Happiness Index panzvimbo pokushandisa GDP. Nyika yechiBuddha inyika yengano nemashiripiti, uko ingwe dzinobhururuka uye varoyi vanogara mumasango akare. Dzimba dzakashongedzwa namadhiragoni, mhuka nezviratidzo zvephallic kuti zvidzivirire pamafungiro akaipa. Zvivako zvechiBuddha, zvinozivikanwa semastupa, zvinomiswa pedyo nenzizi kuti zvidzivise midzimu yakaipa inenge iri pasi pemvura. Dzongs huru, nhare dzomumusha wemamongi dzomunguva yepakati nepakati, shongwe pamusoro pemipata yakashongedzwa nemireza yomunyengetero.