Where are your shoes?

The etiquette in India, from what I’ve seen, is to always take your shoes off when you enter someone’s home.  The Khanna’s house seems to be an exception to this rule because there we all wear our shoes.  But even at work we take our shoes off before coming in.  The first week everyone was walking around barefoot and I did as well.  Friday was a weekly meeting with most people from the office.  As I was sitting there I looked around and noticed that everyone had sandals on.. except for me.  I tucked my bare feet under my chair and hoped nobody noticed, although I had been walking around barefoot all day (and all week) so I’m sure they already had.  When I came in the next morning I realized that there are flip-flops to put on when you take your other shoes off, so I made sure to put a pair on.  I asked one of the women why the first week nobody wore them and she explained that it was because of the Ganesh Festival.  So, I’m still learning the rules around here but now I’m doing it with my shoes on.