Re: [silk] Indian Habits

2009-06-09 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Dr. John Marshall Johnson < johnso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > At a recent meeting in Bangalore on nosocomial infections, one prominent > > surgeon from St. John's said that in this day and age it is ridiculous > and > > unnecessary to take off one's shoes before

[silk] Indian Habits

2009-06-09 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:57 AM, ss wrote: > People still remove their footwear before entering a house in India. Not everybody, I know of traditional families who were very strict about it, BUT one trip to the USA and they are walking with shoes/sandals all over the house. In our home, its a stri