Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Abu Dhabi to meet His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan recently. The way both leaders interacted each other melted my heart.

I am so happy to see two of the greatest visionary leaders hugging each other. I feel proud of being an Indian. The UAE and India have very old ties, and are now making impressive strides in development, hand in hand.

I am sure UAE-India ties will go much ahead. As a citizen of India, I feel very fortunate to know that our Prime Minister is courteous and caring. We feel blessed to have been living in the UAE which is a very good friend of India. It gives us strength here in the UAE.

We, the citizens of India feel like we all are ambassadors for our country and we should conduct ourselves in a very good manner.

No wonder lots of Indians consider the UAE their second home. We all are at home here. I hope the relationship between two growing nations will continue to spiral by leaps and bounds.

Zahid Hussain, — By email