Earlier this week, Indian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Pavan Kapoor posted a comment on Twitter that contained a rare warning for Indian nationals in the UAE to remember that India and their host country shared the values of “non-discrimination on any grounds." This followed reports in the Gulf News of how Indian nationals were getting sacked for their alleged Islamophobic social media messages.
In an interview to Mint, Kapoor spoke about why he had posted the unusual warning, whether India’s image in the UAE and the larger Arab world had been affected by the social media posts of some individuals and on some recent critical remarks against India by the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC). What made you post the message that