Some of the most frequent misreadings between visitors and Indian colleagues happen in a single second of hand movement. A shopkeeper waves his hand downward toward himself, and the visitor thinks he is being shooed away when he is being called over. A colleague lifts her chin toward a door, and the visitor does not realize she is pointing. What you will learn: • The palm-down beckon: "Come here" • The finger-curl: avoid it • Pointing without the finger • Directions: words and gestures together • "This side" and "That side" • Your own polite set • 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.