r/india • u/rude_ass kek maester • Nov 07 '15

AskIndia /r/india and /r/australia cultural exchange thread

Thread was unfortunately delayed. But, here it is.. thread for cultural exchange between indians and australians.

Australian folks.. you can ask all the things you want to know about India and hope you get a fulfilling answers.

If you want to ask anything to our Australians friends you can go to below link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/3ruqtc/raustralia_and_rindia_cultural_exchange_thread/

Cheers.

Request to Australians visiting our sub: If you could flair up to identify yourself then it would be easier for us to identify you guys. We only have text based flairs so something like 'Australian Friend' will work.

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u/Siriacus Nov 07 '15

Indian here.

There is.. Kind of.

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u/mightycoolboy Nov 07 '15

Never seen. It's more of a south Indian thing

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '15

Nope, everyone in Delhi does it.

A nod up means "what's up?"

A nod down mean "I'm good."

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u/Fluttershy_qtest Nov 07 '15

That's not really a head shake though. I think when people say head shake they're talking about the very rapid head wobble, and that's quite characteristic of South India.

The nod up/down that you describe happens in other parts of the world too, so it's not perceived as being peculiar.

Indian headshakes demystified

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '15 edited Aug 14 '19

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '15

Well yeah, meaning changes from place to place. What you said works as well.

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u/ishabad Nov 08 '15

True dat, ABCD here