Many people are confused about the meaning of Indian “headshakes” and how to communicate using them. That may explain why a satirical video [1] deciphering different types of Indian headshakes has gone viral.
The 1:44 minute-long video, titled “Indian headshakes, what do they mean? [2]“, has attracted more than 1.2 million views since it was published in YouTube on February 16, 2014. And it has generated interesting reactions on social media platforms such as Reddit [3] and Twitter:
I have always loved the Indian headshake – but now I LOVE it even more. This is brilliant. http://t.co/eHxIyKqJjc [4]
— geeta pendse (@geetapendse) March 1, 2014 [5]
Paul Mathew, the video's writer and director, told the BBC [6]: “If we had known that this video was going to get such awesome viewership we would have shot it better.”