Lisa Napoli's Blog, page 34

Happinomics: How to put a number on your wellbeing

http://www.firstpost.com/world/happinomics-51771.html

Opposing viewpoint on the refugee situation

Tshering Wangmo sent this blog with an opposing viewpoint on the refugee situation to me; she takes issue (as do many Bhutanese) with the characterization of the southern Bhutanese being 'forced out" of her country:

http://bhutanstory.blogspot.com/

What makes Bhutan happy: Discos, Cars and Burberry Bags

Just, by the way, like the rest of the world. Of course, thankfully, not all of it. This is a piece I wrote to help promote RSL in India:

http://www.firstpost.com/world/what-makes-bhutan-happy-discos-cars-and-burberry-bags-50967.html

Cramped public #library in Thimphu, Bhutan

@Time Magazine: Beyond the @DalaiLama: Profiles of four #Tibetan Lamas in Exile

….including a woman. Thanks, Gada

http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/07/28/beyond-the-dalai-lama-profiles-of-four-tibetan-lamas-in-exile/

@PimaLibrary Tucson: Himmel Park Branch

Doesn't quite capture how great it is….with the surrounding park around it.

#Bhutanese #Refugees and #Arizona Public Media

I had the pleasure yesterday of visiting with Laxmi Upreti and his family yesterday here in Tucson. This is a story about the refugee situation, and a tiny bit about Bhutanese refugees in Arizona:http://ondemand.azpm.org/ondemand-home/story/2011/2/15/1856-new-land-new-lives/

I also talked with the people at Arizona Public Media:

http://ondemand.azpm.org/videoshorts/watch/2011/7/27/1830-from-radio-shangri-la-to-refugee-aid/

Refugees, Ambassador Camp and @theIRC in #Tucson

Purna of the southern Bhutanese refugee population in Tucson talks to high school kids at the International Rescue Committee about what it was like to have to leave the country he loved.

Pima County Library Dusenberry-River branch

What people won't do for #television

Bhutan Observer: A 'curry cooker' lid mounted on a water tap post serves as a dish (since satellite TV is illegal)