On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:27 PM, ss<[email protected]> wrote: > [.....] > As a boy, I was always instructed to wash my hands and feet if entering the > house from outside,
.... another action is the "use right foot first" while entering the house (or any room inside the house like a puja room or kitchen). Most people stand firm, on both feet, with neither being used for possibly contaminating tasks. So how is the left foot related to contamination and how is it that only the left foot gets contaminated? Someone once told me : Right is wrong, Left is right ! Reading the discussion on contamination, its hard to believe that Indians are spotlessly clean. Maybe they are at home but think nothing of defecating on the streets and spitting in public. NIMBY !? -- .
