I'm from Bhutan and happy to see this spreading like wild fire 🔥🔥🔥. Need support from other countries to help develop our little country and our mindful city.
i visited bhutan more than 5 years ago, part of its charm is the isolation and focusing on living itself. By changing direction to being economy driven will be like 180 degree shift for them. And its too ambitious to be thinking of building metropolitan city without foreign aid like China. When i was there, not even half the country has proper tar road, half of my journey was bouncing around in the car on dirt road.
Extremely wellness sounds came from Bhutan 🇧🇹 bright future come from bright n delight souls, pray from my side all goals come to success through government , Respect from Nepal 🇳🇵🌺🌺🇧🇹🙏🏻.
the bhutan government has stifled private sector for decades and now the people are fed up with the rich getting richer and the poor gettign poorer. Tens of thosuands of Bhutanese have left and many are on the way out to find a better life abroad! good luck to you all and hope your dreams come true outside of bhutan
His Majesty, You are the father of inspiration to all Bhutanese and beyond. You are a result of hard work and passionate dedication to any assignment. You came and cemented a strong bond between people and still building a tower to be emulated by generations hence you are known as people's king. Personally, I love your zeal and resilience. I always get emotional when you start to deliver a speech...You are a living god for us Bhutanese....I am pretty confident Gelephu mindfulness city will be a great project...I am more excited because i am from gelephu....Love live His Majesty...love live Bhutan Palden Drukpa Gyalo🇧🇹🇧🇹🇧🇹🇧🇹🙏💙
@@prodigalfraudaddy Indian history taught you that or you were present at the voting? Sikkim and Uttarakhand, Kalapani were parts of Nepal before Br!tish annexed them. See historical map of Nepal.
Were you present when those maps were drawn or you learnt this from Pakistan's history. At some point of time, a piece of land has been occupied by one larger kingdom or other. The point is they joined India of their own voilition. Historically, Sikkim has been a part of India and will remain so. What kinda history are they teaching at Pakstan(Terror*stan) that says Uttarakhand, a state created in 2000 was a part of another country. Before getting to any of this, first say when are you going to accept that you annexed Balochistan and destroyed their culture?@@awaiskhan9329
One of the amazing countries that I have visited. People are very generous and very kind. They are highly educated and super talented. The tourism and organic agriculture industries should be restrategized for economic growth.
One of the fascinating countries I ever visited. I went there 2 years ago and the guide also told me about his sister who used to work as a hotel manager and moved to Australia and now works there as a cleaning lady but got higher salary. From what they told me, Bhutanese people have a good relationship with Australia because when Covid hit they didn’t fly away to escape but chose to stay and work (which helped the society function).
Haha. I am in aus and almost all of the immigrants here started their career with cleaning and still doing. Even cleaning job are dignified. Y I feel like ur post smells like jealousy.
My hat to Bhutan for having this ambitious goal in mind. I must point out that even the some of most environmental friendly countries in the world such as Germany or Norway have not being able to make it work to the same degree. In addition, it will be very expensive. Sri Lanka had tried to be an all organic food nation and that policy really back fired on it.
Leave all debate aside,people are happy with free health,education,free agricultural assitance,cheap energy and lists goes on. Therefore,this project is for future generation
The Bhutan Megacity project will be difficult to pull off. It will become a white elephant. Plane tickets for the Royal Bhutan Airline is expensive. Accommodation is also not cheap. So only the rich can afford it. But why should they go there for their retreat? Can they get enlightenment faster?? The only thing enjoyable in Bhutan is climbing up to the Tiger Nest Temple. Thailand is already quite well established for Buddhist retreats and will definitely be cheaper.
To compete effectively as a mindfulness centre, cost for tourists have to come down. And you need to work with India and/or China for better overland connections. Having to fly in among the cliffs is crazy and number of flights coming in will be restricted.
But you definitely need to restrict tourist movement from the Mindfulness Megacity. The transport infrastructure in the country cannot support mass tourism. Accidents are bound to happen on the narrow mountain cliff roads; with disastrous consequences.
When Singapore 50 times smaller than Bhutan could achieve everything, why not Bhutan? I am just waiting to complete my studies to return Bhutan. Now, it’s our time, we have suffered a lot in the name of preserving nature, fighting global warming. It’s not only our responsibility, every country should act and why should we shoulder the responsibility of doing everything by ourselves?
Loll......Singapore is at the tip of straits of Malacca, the busiest straits in the world.....how to compare a land locked country like Bhutan? Even Kazakhstan need many times of effort just to attract foreign investment though
Yep you're right but they can find their ways to utilise their assets in an economical way, and btw Singapore had a strong minded leader Lee Kuan yew, so they need a leader who can do proper business and can tackle problems, they don't have major lifestyle problems such as Singapore had before economic rise like poverty, lack of food and resources, etc.@@chinthengfong1598
@@themultiverse405 I didn't laugh, I'm spitting fact, can Bhutan compete with Singapore both economically and financially? And, if you want progress, Bhutan should lift up the recognition for both PRC and ROC then we talk
Nah..Bhutan govt prefers to employ foreign workers instead of own people. Recently they decide to employ thousands of foreign nurses which will be paid much higher (even comparable to Bhutanese Dr) than Bhutanese nurses but the problem here is Bhutan got sufficient nursing colleges and there are plenty of Bhutanese nurses but yet they won't employ all of them. Funny how the govt cry about brain drain but wont employ them.🤡 And fyi Bhutan ain't Last Shangri-La anymore, rape and murder cases are seen every once in a while, case of mother abandoning infants are also not rare anymore. Bhutan government should address this asap if not more ppl will be leaving this country. ~(concerned Bhutanese youth)
It was ridiculous from the beginning allowing Internet but not getting higher wages, many Bhutanese watching others getting big houses cars and all for the same work they do, is easy for them to blame covid when the problem was showing way before covid hit, at least they are looking very western making excuses. Is imposible to mix spiritualism with capitalism and they know but they have no choice this time.
Nature ha given its own glimpse .. they are May be Chinese/ American s .. Giving Capitalishits Colouring Visualising glimpse .. Under their s .. .. .. .. ..
@@user-oo8wf9gq6r GNH is only a theory, an ideology, like socialist ideology could be, but in practice many young Bhutanese migrate to find both, 'wellbeing and monetary wealth'. Something is not working.
Bhutan doesn’t need massive project, focus on infrastructure development and ease tourism your small country and population will benefit from it not propaganda of happiness alone.
Bhutan have ppp per capita even similar to south africa, still better than many asian countries while preserving its culture and environment. No overwork, perfect work life balance, less stress A human should think about himself too sometimes than rather thinking as whole nation to progress fast like korea where your future generation could either barely sustian or die.
Yes! Tourism and Development goes All Together. To start with Tourism Sector needs to be Promoted. Infrastructure needs to be created for Tourism. Promotion of Tourism need to be done for International Attention. Airport Infrastructure need to be Improved.
They speak very food English! Hope Bhutan can develop into a country which can balance GDP and happiness. It will take years and years. The people must be trained to accept some capitalism too.
To the leaders and my fellow citizens never give up on the possibilities of greater future ahead of our new generation, as it’s all depends on how we react and think about our future. Only if we follow one plan, it will work. Please stay positive and react positively
There are already plenty of established retreats in Thailand. It will not be easy for this project to succeed. I don't see anything special it has to offer.
Every country is special in its own way. It depends how you present it . Thailand being popular retreat hasn't Stopped Bali , Nepal , Maldives , Switzerland being parallel retreat destination
@@theMiaow Economy is about money and competitiveness, I think we can agree that mindfulness is not about that. Anyway, both you and I are keyboard warriors, we can type anything we want :)
I wish the Doc makers would give some facts like how much would a project like this will cost ? How long will it take to build it if they got 100% funding.
While large-scale projects like the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) naturally raise questions about feasibility, it's important to recognize that doubts can hinder the transformative vision His Majesty holds for Bhutan and the region. Everyone has a role to play in the success of this special city, and we hope conscious investors will contribute their resources to its development. The GMC envisions a harmonious blend of nature, culture, and modern living, creating a sustainable haven that fosters well-being, innovation, and economic growth while preserving Bhutan's unique heritage and environment.
The most beautiful of Bhutan, for me, are the children. They are pure, like a diamond. Their eyes shine and have the bright of pure beings. they are carried on the backs of their happy mothers with pride and naturally. Many young bhutanese people migrate for a simple opportuity of to live like 'west' people. The goverment, as in many (all) others countries in the world, is the same: they live in his own world of rules, tax, and socialist ideology, without working for the people
150,000 Bhutanese living refugee else where in the planet kicked out in 1990. Take them back you will have almost 1 Million. World has forgotten them. Some 15,000 still living in hot tropical plains of Nepal under auspicious of UNHCR. Dr. Bhumpa Rai, then Royal eye surgeon until he fled the kingdom recently died in refugee camp. He never had his wish to live in west but remained in hot plains as refugee in hope of returning his mother land Bhutan. Rest In Peace Dr. Rai. You are truly Bhutanese patriot.
Those are Neplese immigrants who tried to overthrow King by Going against the law. Bhutan have right to protect its country. Traitors will be dealt same way in any country .
Nepali migration is the biggest threat to the world. Australia, Finland, Germany all developed countries are now full of illegal nepali migrants. Bhutan King did a great job to get out illegal migrants from Nepal to save the locals.
All parts of the Himalayan region has some issues. However, among the players, the Bhutanese monarchy is the worst, surpassing even the Indians and the Chinese in their acts of cruelty.
Whats up with this attitude like bruhhh you don't deserve to have that attitude 😂😂 you guys are literally indian puppet state with a dictator king some people even say north korea of the south @@tyt684
@@ayoogorkhali9262 Seriously, Nepali people have such audacity? Look at your filthy TIA airport every day, how many jobless Nepali are leaving for the Middle East to be slaves of the Arabs, look at your poor infrastructure; did you see how poor horses were stuck on that bridge for a day because you could not even afford to build a good bridge? and not to forget filthy Kathmandu streets and Kidney selling villages because people are filthy poor, even your passport and currency is weaker than us.
I don’t think this PM is honest , Bhutan could have easily developed with tourism but their obky source of income was stopped after Covid as they raised the tariffs on tourists and locked themselves for more than a year during Covid … on if the dumbest decisions any country could make were made … I don’t get why the citizens don’t complain too much submissiveness
You worry about yourself and we Bhutanese will worry about ourselves. If you’re not holding Bhutanese Passport that’s because you’re not Bhutanese. We love our king, country and all Bhutanese! དཔལ་ལྡན་འབྲུག་པ་རྒྱལ་ལོ
For a long time there has been so much corruption surrounding the Royal Family. I'm glad people are waking up and Leaving Bhutan. The double standards of Government/Royal Family has caused many to leave.
Serves you people right. Shitting on the plate you all were eating from. You people tried to overthrow the king..just like you did in Sikkim. Can't trust you all, and that is why you all are out of Bhutan. If you want to blame anyone, then blame your parents and grandparents for what they tried to do to the country.
@@SajanLimbu-so8gx it’s your mind set, we are moving forward with prosperity and abundance. We Bhutanese have been independent and we Bhutanese are independent and we Bhutanese will be independent forever. Good bye! Rotten eggs! Get well soon!!!
I feel this documentary would have been more efficient and effective to cover they travelled few corners appreciate that but connecting with people was minimal. As leaving next to this country Indian and at a distance of 45 minutes of my hometown from Gelengphu …
More than one Lakh nepalis were kicked out of Bhutan in 1990's and now their PM is concern about 15000 people's 😂😂😂 there is no biggest hypocrite than Bhutanese rulers
You said it yourself 100000 Nepalese lol. How can we accept someone who is not Bhutanese? I bet you that even thousand years we will never ever accept illegal immigrants and terrorist as our citizen.
Many tried hard to show how special Bhutan was but in the end the experiment was a failure and they themselves are recognizing that rven if they can't spell the word capitalism because that would be a complete embarrassing after all those years of propaganda that ended like this, note that people started leaving Bhutan before covid because many didn't want to just live as tourist guide's specially agter watching other Bhutanese that work outside having way more money for the same work while a average Bhutanese have to work hard to get the latest Iphone
More than 10 thousand bhutani have settles in usa,bring those refugees back and ask them to help them invest,bhutan is clean the people likes to keep their country clean,promote toursim,bhutan can be the next switzerland and 1 thing tighten the border with india,else all those begger rackets from rajastan bihar will enter a new country to beg,else indian tourist are very wealthy
@kiranthapa6392 do yout know about the biggest scam in Nepal where your ministers were involved? It was about these illegal terrorists who were being sent to USA and some of your ministers lief and sent citizen of Nepal also along with these terrorists kicked out from Bhutan 😂
megacity project if depending on foreign investors alone will not be enticing noting transportation out of bhutan is a nightmare. besdies tourism or agriculture industries. I cant see what kind of investment Bhutan can entice into the country let alone investment in a mega city. I fear this would open the door and push Bhutan into the hands of China.
This is the same guy who chase 100k nepalese orgin bhutnese people and now he expect his other bhutenese to come back to bhutan. I think he is afraid that if bhutan has lesser and less population then it will be engulf by india so far its already a vessal state of india, defence and foreign relationship is be looked after by india. Sadley population is less then 1 million.
Wai maka… I’m half southern Bhutanese(meaning lhotsham in our term or in simple term Nepali but we don’t claim we are from Nepal)and half eastern Bhutanese If I come to Nepal and encourage your people to follow my rules and regulations and encourage them to not follow Nepal’s tradition and its culture and go against its own people.. will you think Nepal government will be happy and proud?? There’s a saying in our country "we can’t clap with our one hand rather we need two hands" meaning ..Don’t judge just simply because you heard from one side story?? Have you heard the story from us.. Our majesty did what’s best for the people and the country..his majesty is our lifelong hero of the nation 💕and Im proud to be Bhutanese..
@@ngawang1582 Nepali people never forced Bhutanese people to stop following their own culture and tradition. They just wanted freedom to follow their own Nepali cultures and traditions which the Bhutanese absolute monarchy hated.
@@aa6eheia156I belong to lhotsampa community of Bhutan and a proud Bhutanese and I have never heard or known the government of Bhutan stopping us from following our culture and traditions. U may talk about the 90s which I remember very well, the tensions brewed all bcos of some politically motivated individuals who wanted to topple the monarchy like in Sikkim. Its the nepali majority who voted out the Chogyal of Sikkim. Bhutan would be next Sikkim if those troublemakers were not chased out of the country. So, I would appreciate if you do your homework before you say something.
I'd feel really sorry for this stunning country with its original people and culture...if the "great political powers" convince them to "Westernise".... Really sorry! Beautiful film, thanks for sharing ;)
World consider Bhutan as a de facto state..foreign policy of Bhutan is under our India policy.. Bhutan is protectorate of India.. Bhutan is our little sister.. Don't call Bhutan puppet even though they are Indian puppet ... Nepal is not much different..
mega city in Bhutan???? their whole population is under a million. Los Angeles Metropolitan area is 10 million. New York city itself alone is 10 million. tokyo last I check is over 30 million. I went to double check. 37 million in the metropolitan area.
Your city populations numbers are WRONG lol. City of Los Angeles only have over 3 million people. New York City has just over 8 million, and Chicago has 2.6 million people….those are US cities. How do I know? I’m American, can read, know how to Google US city population to gain facts lol. Fyi Tokyo only have 13 million people not “30 million” 🙄.
Bring down cost for tourists other wise tourists are not gonna come to Bhutan. Have more road connectivity with india or china. All dont want to fly down to bhutan which is a small country ... tie up tourism packages with india ir or china
Indian has been giving free money not debt to Bhutan year somewhere like 600 crore.. Bhutan is our good neighbor we have never encroach any land of Bhutan, always helped military also,always supported them.. Bhutan should not become close with China otherwise it would become next Tibet.
@@tyt684 I think Bhutan and Pakistan are similar.. Pakistan and Bhutan are good at ethnic cleansing hindu religion Bhutan is country with poorer and whatever kind of development is there in Bhutan is all because of free money from india.. I don't think Bhutan has anything to export to world for free trade other than saying we are carbon negative.. Indian has helped in everything to make Bhutan what it is today.. India is angel for Bhutan..
@RajRaj-lc8qw lol, do you know there are more beggars and homeless in India than entire Bhutanese population, do ypu know there are more toilets per capita in Bhutan than India? Do you 99% of construction workers in Bhutan come from India? Do you know 84% of all maids and domestic helpers in Bhutan come from India? Bhutan gives jobs to millions of indians. Yes we don't export much, but we do export worlds cheapest electricity to India, we do export raw materials as as minerals at dirt cheap price to India and Bangladesh, also do you know India's loan to Bhutan to construct hydro projects have some of the highest interest rate in the world? When Indian governments gives out aid to Bhutan, it's not for free la, it's for safeguarding your entire Northeastern states, which if we befriend China tomorrow, your entire Northeast will be liberated by PLA, and they will happy that to be no more treated with racism by Indians.
@@tyt684 Chinese bot..i Indian never annexed sikkim, Nagaland or arunachal pradesh(northeast) Those state agreed to join in india.. India is giving free money aid so u can develop..bhutan is like small state to us...just appreciate india for caring for u people.. If there was China you would have been already part of China like Tibet..if anyone attack Bhutan we will help Bhutan.. Bhutan is like little sister to us.. Bhutan defense system is also aid by india..
@@RajRaj-lc8qw why do you think I am Chinese? just for saying china wants to take over the northeast? funny Indian Paj**t. I never mentioned about Indian annexation of Sikkim and all, you bought it yourself hahaha...... We dont have to appreciate you all because we pay for the services, nothing is free kaluuuu. Again I am telling you Bhutan and Tibet is different, no one will attack us if India quitely stay out of Bhutan, we are not your brother or sister.... just a neighbor with very different mindsets.
Don't worry too much, look at your neighbor India. There are millions of young Indians still jobless and can't find work for years - yet they are all still happy with their government.
Tibet have their own problems, Bhutan have their own problems, everyone have their own problems. People are born to suffering until they reach enlightenment. The good news is that everyone have the chance to be a Buddha.
@@tyt684 because there is a rich history of such plans being disasters. The pattern is always the same. Somebody with too much power thinks they are playing a game of sim city, and it never makes economic sense for anyone to move in.
Happiness haven't satisfied people so far , hence they want capitalistic environment. It's been a fact capitalistic society is like a girl, which would attract u and at the same time destruct u as well.😂
May have to take little more than conjecture, perhaps conduct social-economical experiment? Take away smartphone, disconnect from the net, and just books reading and farming? 🤭
Interesting you say that. In the Bible there is a term called the scarlet prostitute which is referring to this. That she will have sex with every country and destory them
Funding coming from where? Rich crypto bros hub for the Balaji nation state crowd is where this sounds like it's headding. Promisory wishfulness with no plan
And how do you know that Bhutan has not done any research? Did the king and prime minister sit with you to discuss the plan? Don't act like a frigging know all. What level of education do you have? We have more qualified people than you in Bhutan. No one likes a fricken know all. Balaji nation? You mean India? And how is your country, Myanmar doing? Look at your own sad situation before talking ill of others.
I think rhetorical speeches, artist impressions and vision cannot build the city. The power lies in the execution and the money (investment) behind it. From the look of it, it seems like money has not reached the ground yet with empty and abandoned buildings.
Because they believe that they can easily live in villas in the United States and have millions of dollars.😂 Many people poured into America, but no one wanted to go to India.
