Some of the most useful Indian gestures carry whole sentences without a single word. A shopkeeper turns his hand palm-up and twists it at the wrist, and he is asking "What?" or "What do you want?". A colleague on the phone raises one finger toward you, and she means "One minute, I'll be with you". What you will learn: • The twisting-hand "What?" • The raised-finger "One minute" • The flat-palm "Enough" or "Stop" • Other everyday hand signals • Faces that change the meaning • Responding well • Practice: decode the scene • Listening strategies • Self-check questions to test your ear Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.