New Delhi: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is a country that has been away from the world view for various reasons of their own.
The Royal Family is responsible for protecting the Bhutanese culture.
Bhutan's queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo on her visit to New Delhi spoke to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar exclusively.
Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo is the the eldest of four sisters married to the King of Bhutan and is known for her influence over the king.
She was in the Capital to sign the contract for her next book with Penguin India, due to be released in May.
Queen Dorji Wangmo says, "My book will be different."
By law, everyone in Bhutan has to wear the national dress, build traditional homes, and speak the national language dzongkha.
Tourism and modernisation have brought with them television and the internet into Bhutan which were banned until a few years ago in a bid to "protect the country from the western world".
In December, an announcement by the King announced that he would abdicate in favour of his 26 year old son and the country would hold elections in 2007.
Those elections have now been postponed to 2008 because the stars are unfavourable.
Queen Dorji Wangmo says, " We Bhutanese are very spiritual and the same time very flexible. We can decided for ourselves what needs to be adopted and what’s to be not. "
The queen says says modernisation is key to prosperity in the country once called the last Shangri-La, but it wont come at the cost of tradition.
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