Mumbai emerges as Asia's happiest city with 94% of residents saying the city makes them happy; Beijing, Shanghai, Chiang Mai, and Hanoi follow
India leads the global happiness rankings, while Japan struggles with inflation, pension insecurity, and growing despair among youth and the elderly
Every year on Mar 20, the world observes the International Day of Happiness or World Happiness Day. This day is an essential human goal, as the name implies. It was first observed in 2013 by the UN
Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and the Netherlands rounded out the top five in the rankings, which are based solely on the answers people give when asked to rate the quality of their own lives
The first Sunday of May is celebrated as World Laughter Day recognizing the healing impacts of laughter in promoting joy and well-being. The therapeutic advantages of laughter are widely recognized
The annual World Happiness Report considers factors such as social support, income, health, freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption to create a global ranking of happiness around the globe
This day is committed to spreading awareness about the significance of happiness and prosperity. The day also aims to highlight the adverse impact of stress and other mental health issues
While seeking happiness sounds like a noble, albeit an abstract pursuit, not many are able to find it. People spend years looking for happiness, but fail to achieve anything even remotely resembling happiness caught in the enslaving routine of their lives. The noise, the strife, the daily grind, the race for things, tangible and intangible, leave people drained with no happiness in sight. But what if you have the opportunity to shift to the 'world's happiest country'? Would you be interested? The country we are referring to is Finland. It has earned the distinction in the happiness rankings from the United Nations four years on the trot. Watch the video to understand why should and should not Finland be on your bucket list if you're thinking of settling abroad?
Peru, Chile, Spain are least happy, according to Ipsos's study in 27 global markets.
A large part of our life is now transactional. Happiness, too, is being treated as a means to profit
Indians are deeply unhappy on a global lineup and getting unhappier