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Modi's 'selfie' obsession continues at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Modi in a series of tweets expresses gratitude and appreciation to the UAE and its government

Web Desk August 17, 2015

PHOTO: TWITTER

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to United Arab Emirates took the opportunity to take yet another ‘selfie’ as he captured a photograph of himself with Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi.

With HH Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan & HE Dr. Anwar Gargash at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. #Selfie pic.twitter.com/rk33ZOlOuS
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 16, 2015

Read: Modi, Li try hand at 'selfie' diplomacy

Along with his selfie, Modi outlined every step of his trip on Twitter.

Leaving for UAE. You can find all latest updates about my visit here. http://t.co/l0068yzO97 pic.twitter.com/IUwjzjN84r
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 16, 2015

Hello UAE. I am very optimistic about this visit. I am confident the outcomes of the visit will boost India-UAE ties pic.twitter.com/50b4atyIZP
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 16, 2015

Deeply grateful to HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for the welcome & hospitality in Abu Dhabi. @MBZNews pic.twitter.com/v3vrEsaDaP
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 16, 2015

I am very thankful to the UAE Govt for their decision to allot land in order to build a Temple in Abu Dhabi. This is a great step.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 16, 2015

At the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. pic.twitter.com/0QF5quwoON
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 16, 2015

Further, in a series of tweets the Indian premier expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the UAE and its government for permitting the building of a temple in the Muslim state.

Read: UAE decides to allot land for temple in Abu Dhabi

PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS

However, this is not the first time Modi has tried his hand at selfies. In fact, the Indian premier is popular for his obsession with selfies. Earlier this year, during his trip to China, Modi uploaded a grinning selfie with Premier Li Keqiang.

PHOTO: TWITTER

Modi also caused social media frenzy during the same visit where he visited the Terracotta Museum.

Read: 'Shady business': Modi's visit to China museum causes social media frenzy

Twitter was abuzz following the visit, as pictures of the prime minister with sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang–the first Emperor of China–surfaced across social media.

PHOTO: AFP

PHOTO: AFP

COMMENTS (46)

Somebody | 8 years ago | Reply @Meghana: As per your instructions I visited Hindustan Times and this is what I found 'Top general says India pounding Pak posts to cause casualties' and read the comments which were as vile by Indians as they are here with absence of Pakistani comments. Most of the Indian comments said that let's keep on doing this and then play ignorant. Indians are such big liars has been proven beyond doubt. They are not only liars but double faced too! Thank you Meghana for asking me to do it. It was a great learning experience for me. Our papers are much more fair when it comes to printing of comments.

An Indian | 8 years ago | Reply @liaqat ali. Well said. I am with you 100%. Intellectually corrupt leaders are far more damaging for the people than financially corrupt ones. It's a pity that very few seem to understand that.

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liaqat ali | 8 years ago | Reply @RT: The worst leaders in history were not corrupt from money view point. They were crazy idealouges and extremsists. Cruel, and intellectually corrupt. Hitler, stalin, OBL, Netanyahu , Modi just to name a few. If a man is corrupt for greed of money but otherwise has his priorites in the right place and is competent . I will take him over so called un corrupted leaders who are bent upon destroying the nations around the world including their own. .

Meghana | 8 years ago | Reply @Somebody: Have you ever visited indian news sites and seen the list of pakistani comments? You will be amazed. Plus 4-5 indian users of billion plus country who come here are civil, and comments here are moderated. Unlike in indian sites where there is free speech and no moderation so your 100 countrymen are running a riot with colourful language.

Somebody | 8 years ago | Reply @ someone. Shall I go through 6 months issues or 1 year ago issues or just yesterday's issue? Your pm can't refrain from eluding to us in his address in ME and you are claiming that you don't talk about us. There is a limit to being a liar!

someone | 8 years ago | Reply @Somebody: Please go now on ToI, thehindu, indian express etc. and let me know how many Pakistan bashing news/editorial/op-ed you find there.Doou hn't blabber something out just because you have compulsion.

Somebody | 8 years ago | Reply @someone weak argument. Indian newspaper and channels thrive on Pakistan bashing, always reporting (negative) things about us. We don't swamp your sites which shows that we are a tolerant nation and can take criticism so unlike Indians.

Blind | 8 years ago | Reply @Milind: You are right Milind. Modi is an insignificant PM, India is not the neighbour of Pakistan but only neighbour of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and off course Afghanistan and Iran. So ET should ignore him, cast him out of news, complete black out. How about that?

fair | 8 years ago | Reply Agree with the "The Dude". ET is selective about what they publish. How about ET being more balanced in its reporting?

Dean | 8 years ago | Reply @Jalal: then pray tell us what is the religion of your all time weather friend the chinese , Its also money and national interest , so nothing wrong in that. Also what is the religion of Pakistan leadership for China , Money otherwise they would not put a blind eye to the banning of fasting in Ramzan etc in China .

Milind | 8 years ago | Reply And Pakistanis' 'Modi' obsession continues on the pages of ET..

Shahid | 8 years ago | Reply @Ch. Allah Daad: looks like you offered all these things to him! you know him so well.

North | 8 years ago | Reply @Amer: Well..they don't.

Amer | 8 years ago | Reply @Ch. Allah Daad: or that he has overseen the killing of over 2000 Muslims but let's not worry too much about Muslim lives. They don't matter !

Akbar | 8 years ago | Reply Pakistani friends are running out of arguments. Modi dont go as tourist for foreigner visits. He brings heavy investement.

The Dude | 8 years ago | Reply Another paparazzi piece by ET. Modi bagged $70 billion worth of deals from UAE and this is what ET publishes. Showing a bit of professionalism once in a while would be great for a newspaper of ET's stature.

Raquib | 8 years ago | Reply @Sameer: What protocol they maintained since the 1930. They broke each and every protocols.Every islamic laws.

someone | 8 years ago | Reply @Sardar KHAN: LOL. I think when Pakistanis run out of arguments, they resort to same trick you just did, WHY INDIAN TROLLS COME TO PAKISTANI NEWS PAPERS. Well simple reason. If you write about India or Indians,they would come to comment. I think ET and DAWN should run an experiment. Stop publishing so called "news" about India, and then see how many Indians visit these sites. I bet the online revenue for these websites would plunge to nothing.

Ch. Allah Daad | 8 years ago | Reply Modi is not a corrupt person, he doesn't drink, he doesn't gamble, he is not obsessed with sex. The only negative thing media has found is that he takes too many selfies.

sssj | 8 years ago | Reply One can become a prime minister but how can one stop being what one is....teaboy

Boa | 8 years ago | Reply @Nav: obsession has no cure dear. So does hatred. BTW, he does not want to be beaten up by RSS and Shiv Sena by taking Pakistan's name and having his tongue rendered 'naapak.'

Nav | 8 years ago | Reply The way Modi attacked Pakistan in UAE infront of the 70,000 people gathering.. it will fill discussion rooms of all the Pakistani channels for 2 days.. He named all the SAARC countries but not Pakistan in the speech. Without Naming Pakistan he attacked Pakistan about the free transport agreement, terrorism, talks etc...

Sardar KHAN | 8 years ago | Reply don't care how many selfis Modi takes.I know for sure he suffers from inferiority complexity syndrome (including all hindus of Hindustan).No wonder al the Hindustani trolls are cming over here to defend him inspite of their claims of non careering about Pakistan at all.But reading their comments shows how obsessed they are with our country.What a SHAMELESS these trolls and paid servants of RAW are by telling one lie after another?

abhi | 8 years ago | Reply Modi all the way!

Bewildered | 8 years ago | Reply @Zulfi: "Hinduism will soon re-emerge as the major spiritual practice, whether Muslims like it or not." Well, despite your tall claims, your own moniker "Zulfi" sounds more like a Muslim name than a Hindu name. What a looser.

Nav | 8 years ago | Reply Everyone has his own interests and hobbies.. we are humans...

Shahid | 8 years ago | Reply All the princes came to receive him after all he's the main supplier of Abu Dhabi's janitorial staff!

Zulfi | 8 years ago | Reply India will soon emerge as a global power, whether us Pakistanis like it or not. Yoga/Hinduism will soon re-emerge as the major spiritual practice, whether Muslims like it or not.

someone | 8 years ago | Reply @Jalal: YES. I hope he remained this way for next 20 years as PM to get money for India.

Beck | 8 years ago | Reply This is called 'self obsession.'

Jalal | 8 years ago | Reply This proves Modi's religion is money. As long as they have money even Muslays are acceptable.

LOL | 8 years ago | Reply @Sam: ok, whatever makes you happy. still you have to come here to comment. shows your obsession with Pakistan.

Sumit Sharma | 8 years ago | Reply @Ahmed... flattery and buttering for country is faaaaar better than looting country....no matter how you Pakistanis hate him....but we are proud that finally after many decades we have got such a dedicated and nationalist PM.... a world leader..... and trust me, Modi is here to stay for next 15 years at least...we are so thankful to god for giving such wonderful pm to us..

hope | 8 years ago | Reply @Sameer: that is not rare, it is standard protocol, but if you want to give yourself false hopes, be my guest.

Sam | 8 years ago | Reply But Gulf n Muslim countries don't give much importance to Pakistani pm, as they give to indian Hindu pm

Sameer | 8 years ago | Reply Well, in a rare gesture.... All five brothers of king family broke protocol and received Modi... this tells everything :)

Naveed | 8 years ago | Reply Like it or not...but hats off to Modi for wearing his cultural outfit during all his foreign visits, and look at our politicians they always wear western outfits but, they feel ashamed of their cultural outfits :(

Asad | 8 years ago | Reply @Ahmed: TC? Can you please explain this? :D

Pankaj | 8 years ago | Reply Love you Mr PM.

Anon | 8 years ago | Reply @Ahmed: If India get some investment by "flattery and buttering", I believe Modi personally don't mind doing it....

Khurram | 8 years ago | Reply I guess the day is not far when ET will start following Modi in toilets also.

Indian | 8 years ago | Reply Pakistanis are vexed that nobody wants to take selfie with them.

Anon | 8 years ago | Reply Thanks Tribune for making Modi more and more popular and to be obsessed for, even to those with whom Modi has nothing to do with... :))

RT | 8 years ago | Reply Modi may or may not have selfie obsession but he certainly doesn't have an iota of money obsession. Ask even his fiercest critics they will tell you, one thing Modi cannot be accused of is corruption.

RT | 8 years ago | Reply And ET's Modi obsession continues.

Ahmed | 8 years ago | Reply Modi is the new definition of TC, flattery and buttering.

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