Dear Ash,
Ohhh.. I am delighted by the discussion and felt more enlightened by different interpretations ..!
Indeed in understanding non-verbals( Understanding what is not spoken) there is every possiblity even the best may go wrong! Most of us are good in making "EVALUATIONS" AND JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS WHICH MAY BE TOTALLY WRONG!!
The "DESCRIPTION" OF BODY POSTURE IS RIGHTLY SEEN BUT THE INTERPRETATIONS ARE 'EVALUATED' BASED ON EACH INDIVIDUALS PERCEPTIONS AND THEIR ATTITUDES!!
The acceptable fact is that just reading body language is not enough for understanding the human behaviour! It is one among the many techniques which would support our approach to fellow beings!
After all human resources are a combination of several resources like trait, values, interests, cognition, situation, imagination, experience and so on.... and all these will decide what a human being is or can be.....
(Even the color of the cat and its efficacy in catching the mice varies because of essential differences in the resources which make the humanbeing!)
Honestly, this dicussion will make anyone to be cautious while using the 'body language' as a measure of understanding humanbeing!
Thank you.
Prof Major Radhakrishna M
Manipal- Udupi
Karnataka