India, Dec. 29 -- No curtains. No blinds. Just open for the world to look in. If you have ever heard this interesting trivia about Dutch culture (as shared by some architecture and culture experts); you will not be surprised to be in a Dutch land and find that these houses, often, have the windows actually open. They edify the cultural essence of transparency and honesty- and that there is 'nothing to hide'. Some even use it to showcase their interior decorations and the view is open to streets and passers-by.

As intriguing as it sounds, and exactly why it sounds so- this is not how all cultures operate. Not all people shut their windows down. Not all pull the curtains apart. Some don't even have windows in some rooms. Some have them ope...