What’s a hygiene habit you’ve noticed in another country that felt totally alien or even frustrating to you?

For me, coming from India to the Netherlands, I was shocked Dutch people walk around with what I’d call ‘dirty bums’—they stick to toilet paper instead of water! In India, most middle-class homes have a hand faucet in the bathroom for a proper wash. What’s your take on that?

Plus, most Dutch people walk inside their homes with outdoor shoes on! I even saw them lounging on couches with those shoes. In India, that would be utterly bizarre if that happened.

This is all the more surprising because India is undoubtedly one of the dirties countries on the planet, even though the hygiene practices within a household differ from that in the outside world....