What is the cleanest place in your home?

In recent research study around sanitation, when women in villages of India were asked about the cleanest place in their homes, I was not surprised to hear "the kitchen" or "the courtyard" among the top few responses. Kitchens are cleaned before and after every meal is prepared while a courtyard is swept and mopped over three to four times a day.

So how is cleanliness perceived? How do we decide which place must stay the cleanest or whether or not a place is clean?

In this context, I came across this article on bbc that scientifically challenges individual and household myths about a toilet seat.

Do write back on your perceptions around cleanliness, and on how you decide for yourself and your family that a place or thing is clean for use.