Notes on Body Language & Behaviour
Practical, science-backed reflections on reading people, communicating with presence, and healing from within.
The 4-Second Tell: Reading Shreyas Iyer's Face on Camera
A reporter's loaded question about the short ball reached Shreyas Iyer's face before it reached his words. Here is the 4-second window where the real reaction lives.
CommunicationFor Aspiring Singers and Speakers: Why Your Voice Carries You
Voice is a huge part of non-verbal communication, yet most people ignore it. Here's what clarity, breath and riyaz really do for singers and public speakers.
PsychologyWhy Ranveer Singh Always Needs the Camera On Him
Some people light up the moment a camera finds them and dim when it looks away. Using Ranveer Singh as a familiar example, I unpack the four deeper reasons behind constant attention-seeking.
Body Language DecodedNana Patekar's Slap and Apology: Reading the Body Language
A viral clip shows Nana Patekar slapping a young man on set, followed by an apology video. The cues in both tell two slightly different stories.
PsychologyWhat Baghban Really Says About Parenting and Children
That guilt-trip line from Baghban — "all children abandon their parents" — falls apart the moment you look at the one son who turned out kind. The difference wasn't love. It was the environment.
Body Language DecodedHow to Spot a Deepfake: Reading the Face in Three Zones
Deepfakes give themselves away in the small things — a face that never quite changes, expressions that don't sync. Here are the three facial zones I watch first.
Body Language DecodedWhat Aaradhya Rai Bachchan's Body Language Really Shows
A close read of Aaradhya's birthday speech for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan — the hand-holding, the illustrator gestures, and what a child reaching for her own space tells us.
Body Language DecodedDecoding DeepVeer on Koffee With Karan: What the cues said
On Koffee With Karan, Deepika and Ranveer described their early dating phase very differently — and their bodies told a story their words softened. Here is what the pacifiers, lip-presses and one flash of contempt actually revealed.
Body Language DecodedThat IndiGo Employee Wasn't Smirking — He Was Scared
A viral clip showed an IndiGo staffer with what looked like a smirk during a heated exchange. Read the full body, not just the face, and a very different story appears: nervousness, not arrogance.
Body Language DecodedWhy You Shouldn't Read Body Language of G20 Leaders
When world leaders meet at a summit like the G20, their handshakes, smiles and hugs are rehearsed, not revealing. Here's why decoding their body language tells you far less than you think.
Body Language DecodedThe 'Perverted' Gesture: What That Neck Touch Really Means
A clip many of you sent me isn't black magic — it's a recognisable discomfort and pervert-spotting cue. Here's how to read a person who touches the neck, ear or another's body without consent.
Body Language DecodedWhat Priyanka Chopra Teaches Us About Being Likeable
Likeability isn't loud charm — it's how you hand the room back to people. A close read of Priyanka Chopra's body language shows the small cues that pull people in.
MicroexpressionsBlended Emotions: When a Smile Hides Contempt
A smile and a one-sided lip raise can show up on the same face at the same time. Here's how to read these blended emotions — and what they quietly reveal.
Body Language DecodedThe Bus Seat Experiment: Why Assumption Breeds Hesitation
A simple social experiment on a bus showed me how powerfully our assumptions stop us from speaking up — and why a confident posture can make people hesitate to ask for what they need.
PsychologySpotting Toxic Traits Early: Red Flags Your Body Reads First
Abuse rarely arrives loud and obvious — it builds through irritability, jealousy and manipulation dressed up as love. Here are the early cues that should make you pause.
CommunicationBefore You Laugh: The Quiet Cruelty in Mocking Someone
A viral clip of village kids saying 'Mausi' instead of 'Messi' had me laughing too — until a friend pointed out what that laughter really says about us.
Communication4 Habits That Quietly Destroy Your Relationship
Criticism, defensiveness, contempt and stonewalling are the four patterns that erode love over time. Here's how to spot them in your own behaviour before they do real damage.
Body Language DecodedWhat Salman Khan's stage manners teach us about respect
At a public event, Salman Khan quietly moved the person being honoured into the centre — a small, deliberate act that says more about respect than any speech could.
CommunicationAshneer Grover vs Ankur Warikoo: Two Ways to Handle Criticism
When someone compares themselves to you or tries to offend you, your response says more than the dig itself. Watching Ashneer Grover and Ankur Warikoo handle the same friction shows two very different strategies — and only one of them actually wins respect.
Body Language DecodedHow to spot a fake laugh: what Deepika Padukone's smile reveals
A real laugh rises and fades like a wave; a fake one switches on and off. Here's the cue I used to read Deepika Padukone's laughter — and how you can use it too.
CommunicationThe Discrimination You Don't Know You're Doing
Most of us insist we treat everyone equally. But the very sentences we use to prove it often reveal a quiet bias we haven't noticed in ourselves.
Body Language DecodedThe Cold Reading Trick: How "Fortune Tellers" Read You
That astrologer who seemed to know your secrets wasn't reading the stars — they were reading you. Here's the cold-reading method, and the body cues that hand strangers your private life.
Body Language DecodedDid Cillian Murphy Really Read the Bhagavad Gita? A Body Language Read
When an interviewer asked Cillian Murphy about reading the Bhagavad Gita, his fingers drifted to his lips and his easy posture disappeared. Here's what those shifts actually suggest.
Body Language Decoded3 Facial Expressions to Avoid in Any Interview
Whether you're the candidate or the interviewer, three expressions quietly signal disagreement, disconnection or disdain. Here's how to spot them and what to do next.
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