The country is moving to modernization but at a slow pace. Bhutan is looking towards more advancement, but with that it does not want to loose its originality. There are few examples which indicate that now people are becoming aware and are looking forward to modernization, and those are discussed here.
Like, it is being said that the thinking of the people towards leaving their children to the day care providers is psychotropic except for the young working people; today people are wearing modern dresses, designer wear and tuning in to satellite TV for the first time which was not legalized until 1999. They are fighting to maintain the balance between becoming modern and being Bhutanese as well.
They made their traditional dresses compulsory at offices and temples. They banned MTV and WWE, as they believe that by watching WWE encourages children to be violent and MTV is spoiling their thinking, as Bhutan government thought what one see will do that only and this is not the Buddhists nature. Bhutan likes modernization but not at the cost of loosing its originality and that’s why it was the first country to ban tobacco.
The young teenagers can be seen strumming a guitar and having a meal that add taste from the west, their cafe offers yak burgers and pizza with yak meat. So, in all we can say that in Bhutan, the people are adding a western flavor in their life without loosing their originality.
