What is the biggest culture shock you have ever faced?

Visiting Maharashtra for the first time. I'm your regular UP guy. The girls here in UP have to stay alert and aware of their environment. Most girls don't take a stroll here unless with a group of friends or if her male relative is accompanying her. But the Maharashtra is another picture, I had seen young girls and women loved to take a stroll in the night at 10.00PM after they finished their meal. The girls usually go alone, and they don't have to worry about their safety. It was like Iiving in other part of world. In my stay here in Maharashtra, I have seen guys are more respectful toward females. Imagine, if you walked up to your crush and ask her out, she rejected you'll be furious. But Maharashtra guys take a ‘no' respectfully and let the girl. I had yet to met a guy who stalked the girl or harrased her because she rejected him.

Caste system. Although, there are lot of castes here. People don't love to have their caste badge displayed. Everyone mix with everybody, people don't stuck to their castes. Female empowerment. Parents don't discrimate among their daughters and sons. Maharashtrian girls marry later, as that of UP. (The girls are usually married here when they turns 19) Average Maharashtrian girl marries at 24, and surprising thing they are not forced into marriages. Parents make sure, their child will got best education irrespective of gender.