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DO WE SEE IT ALL?

ARE THE WORDS

ENOUGH? Ms. A. Sherlin Gomez

We all would have heard, watched or read about the greatest detective

of all times, Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character brought to life by

writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Out of many things that intrigued us

about him was the way he could see things in people that the others did

not- knowing the facts about the people even before they spoke. This

talent or we can say technique is called non-verbal communication. In

this article, I would like to bring forth a few things about the same.

Many times we confuse deception and non-verbal. Just because a per-

son is nervous, choking and scratching his neck while giving a testi-

mony doesn’t make him a culprit. Crimes have evolved, criminals have

evolved, so they needn’t always fail at the lie detector tests. But the un-

conscious actions can’t be controlled. If a person wears two perfumes

at the same time, it is clearly understood that he sweats a lot. Folding

hands while talking means the person has taken a defensive stature.

Raising an eyebrow when talking shows doubt in the listener. The ba-

sic tears would be either happiness or sadness. But this isn’t always ac-

cepted in court, they rather provide leads.