[rikacomet]

In India, you buy separate rubber slippers/American beach slippers (2$) for the washroom, and a separate one for the house. We don't really stress our feet with closed shoes inside the house. No one's watching you anyway.

Only winters, is the in-house rubber slippers (not the washroom ones) are changed with warm slippers.

[enscr]

I've yet to visit a house in India where people have separate slippers for washroom & house. Strange.

[rikacomet]

The reason might be same as in the case of Japanese culture. Though its standard practice to excuse yourself, while entering a room or leaving it. You would meet a lot of people who just don't follow that.

Besides, you never know what you will learn next. Stay hungry :)

[Raphael]

Americans don't say "beach slippers". Sandals or flip flops.