July 26, 2012

Looking for a country other than your own to support during the Olympics? You could do worse than Bhutan. As a former Model UN fanatic who specialized in representing odd, unpopular nations (“Will the chair please recognize Djibouti?”), I’ve always had a soft spot for Bhutan, which is the sort of country you might end up with if Patch Adams were your king. Since the 1970s, the largely Buddhist nation has focused on maximizing Gross National Happiness

For the last month, with the Olympics looming on the horizon, one Bhutanese archer has been training alone in a field at a university in Coventry.