India, Oct. 11 -- When US ambassador-designate Sergio Gor met PM Narendra Modi on Saturday, October 11, he carried with him a framed photo of PM Modi and President Donald Trump together, with the latter's message and signatures on it.

"Mr Prime Minister, you are great," read Trump's characteristically straightforward message, apparently handwritten with a mega marker pen that Trump often uses.

Sergio Gor, part of Trump's inner circle, also mentioned later how the US President considers Modi "a great personal friend" - continuing with the most recent bout of bonhomie between the leaders of the world's biggest economy and the largest democracy, respectively.

The two men have kept up what's described as a personal equation even as the two...