The Unbearable Sadness Of ‘Being Happy’: Biases In The World Happiness Report – Analysis

By Dr. Nilanjan Ghosh and Soumya Bhowmick

The World Happiness Report is a reminder of Oscar Wilde’s classic short story, The Happy Prince, who never witnessed true sorrow during his lifetime due to confinement in the four walls of his palace. The analogy is not at all distant; this report is far away from the realities of...