India, July 19 -- T here's a new stare in town, and no - it's not your dad's disapproving glare or your mum's raised eyebrow. It's the Gen Z stare: blank, unbothered and silently judging you from across the cafe counter. This deadpan, emotionless gaze is creeping into coffee shops, boardrooms, group chats - and it's sparking some serious generational confusion. Picture this: you walk up to a Gen Z barista, crack a polite joke and in return, you get a slow blink and a stare that could outlast your oat milk latte. Social media is eating it up. One user posted, "The stare is my emotional shield." Another declared, "It's how I set boundaries without saying a word." Meanwhile, millennials and boomers are left wondering if they accidentally offended someone - or if this is just the new normal. So what's behind the silence? Psychologists chalk it up to a major shift in social wiring. Raised on screens, DMs and FaceTime filters - not face-to-face awkwardness - many Gen Zers skipped the old-school small talk lessons. Throw in a pandemic, online classes and a general existential crisis or two, and you've got a generation that expresses more with stillness than speech. Some call the stare stoic. Others say it's just plain stone-cold. But for Gen Z, it's a vibe, a boundary and occasionally, a defence mechanism. HTC...