Furthering India's 'neighbourhood first' policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bhutan on August 17-18. Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering today complimented Modi for his book 'Exam Warriors' by describing him as a scribe and a pro.

"Woven with personal anecdotes, the content is so simple for a child to comprehend yet so profound and practical. Such is Shri Narendra Modiji. In the interactions during my two visits to Delhi after assuming this office, the leader of the world’s largest democracy came out as a man so humble and natural," he said in a Facebook post.

“Forget dreaming about becoming a prime minister, I was never even a class monitor," he said.

"For someone who has to think for billions of people and represent them on the global stage, he takes time out to prepare children on handling exams. Is it not empathy, an intrinsic quality of a good leader? He attaches importance to values, while asking children to study for knowledge as marks will follow as

byproducts," Tshering said.

On India's 73rd Independence Day, Tshering has tweeted that new chapters of friendship are unfolding for the two countries. "I see new chapters of friendship unfold for the two countries. But for today, I wish the people of India a happy Independence day. We pray for a peaceful and prosperous India," he wrote.