Small hand habits carry a lot of meaning in India, and most visitors learn them by accident: a host's slight hesitation when you pass a plate with your left hand, a colleague who receives your business card with both hands while you used one, a shopkeeper who touches his own right forearm with his left hand as he gives you change. None of these is a test, and nobody expects a visitor to know them, but understanding them makes you read people more warmly and lets you return respect in the same language. What you will learn: • Giving and receiving with the right hand • Both hands for respect • The forearm touch • Eating with the hand • Food sharing customs • Paying, tipping and handing over money • 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.