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Re:The end of India’s ‘IT miracle’? by saiya-jin on Thursday June 07, 2018 @05:25AM (#17254445)
it's part of the culture to be nice (to strangers) and NO is considered rude. brings a lot of funky and frustrating moments not only when travelling.

another is that strange indian head-shake that is so hard to reproduce - never figured it out completely, but it felt like when I eventually ask yes/no question and they say yes with that shake, it's actually more like no/don't know/maybe

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Re:The end of India’s ‘IT miracle’? by ben_utzer on Thursday June 07, 2018 @07:52AM (#17254977)
Just make an 8 with your nose. :-)
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Re:The end of India’s ‘IT miracle’? by overcast on Thursday June 07, 2018 @08:45AM (#17255250)
The old bobble head :) I was there for a month, the whole country, and it's their form of agreement/understanding. Particularly when you're trying to teach them something.
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Re:The end of India’s ‘IT miracle’? by sullenpaladin on Thursday June 07, 2018 @09:19AM (#17255491)
The head bobble just means that they hear you. It does not mean yes or no or anything else really.
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Re:The end of India’s ‘IT miracle’? by RandomCSGeek on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:47AM (#17262902)
There are 3 different movements. One is for acknowledgement, other two are for yes and no.
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