They said early on in this season that she lived in India for a year before deciding to move there permanently to be with TJ. Did people not see where she said that the things she chose for the apartment construction were not what she picked out before she left? Why is everyone saying she should have researched the culture? I’m pretty sure living there for a year can equal to doing some research on the internet.
Also the different castes have different ways of approaching things. My ex’s family and TJ’s were both Brahmin, so they will likely take their religious customs more seriously. My ex’s family used to drink cows urine when they were sick! Even though they were educated and middle-class. My ex was raised with a strict vegetarian diet, no eggs only dairy. They also expected their women to be more subservient, his sister was forced to drop out of her medical degree to marry her first cousin when she was 19. Meanwhile my ex was free to choose when to marry. But my friends who aren’t from the same caste are typically more laid back. One of them even eats beef! And his family were only veggie for the 24 hours before going into a temple. Others I know are also more laid back towards meat and fish. So I think it’s possible with TJ being Brahmin, they may hold onto their religious customs more tightly, it’s possible they have priests in the family. That being said, I think a lot of it is played up for TV like a lot of other things on this show
I feel like that’s true for families that follow the caste system which is an outdated and antiquated practice. My husbands family is semi-traditional but don’t follow any caste related practice.