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Affect of modernization and globalization?

Happiness is a desire of every human being and it's the ultimate goal of every living being.  While people may be suffering from a disease of lack of happiness in their organs of social system, Bhutan is not far from happiness. May be one can consider gross national happiness as a utopian idea but happiness does exists in our country and in nerves of every one. We had strong social bond and families were extended with size of almost five families of modern world. That created a sentiment to shoring up each other at all times and taking care of others while they are not very well. Am neither a social scientist nor an enlightened being who can unfold all the knots of social complications and philosophies that of community vitality. I venture to submit the facts that we are undergoing in the era of globalization.
I live in a traditional house casting our unique Bhutanese architectural design in the heart of a harmonious village. Its stunning landscape and natural splendor lull me peaceful moments filled with smiles. But I sense something missing in the system that drives me to deep and desperate thinking.  I felt bit uneasiness to say we have a strong social relationship and community vitality in our system. We hear about theft in our neighbors' house and locks broken the next door while we were asleep.

It was Mr. X who had a quarrel with his neighbour regarding a fight between two unrecognized cousins of two families. Although Mrs. Y lived few meters away from her half brother, she had to call her sister all the way from Thimphu when she was sick since she didn't know about the brother. Dasho Zs' house was ragged by a bunch of goons while he was away on leave despite his nephew living in the ground floor of the same house.  We have lost our unique and fabulous culture of greetings and social meetings (informal). We no more care about what's happening in our society and call it modernization and globalization?

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