Eastern cultures and Western styles shouldn't be compared as they are polar opposites--just take example of cow-- and shouldn't be mix with each other as such result will just ridicule you while they are valid in their own locations.Teej,simply,with no exaggeration,is celebration of martial-life,donning all red attires by miss/mrs/madams with accessories that too are red and dancing and singing for the long life of their loved ones,which sounds not a bad idea or I would say pretty great idea and should only be participated by those who feel blessed after marriage and whose husbands love them much.As a literate ones and as someone who fly around the globe,we should get the simple,pristine meaning of such festivals while editing the not-needed rituals and cutting those doesn't-make-sense-to-me "stuffs" and practice only that which they feel right.If you are feeling like a slave in Teej...you are over-doing it--more than your hubby deserve ;if you think its a bullshit..you are getting ultra-modern;if you celebrate it,knowing the reason for doing it without hampering your own self respect by your own wish,then you are all good to go. Isn't being in martial life implies going along in same direction,holding hands together and having lots of funs in the journey together??;so,why missed a chance or festival (or opportunity?) by both husband and wife which will in return brings lots of smiles and prosperity for both parties.Not that one shouldn't eat anything or not a single drop of water which is kind of harsh and bitter but how about just participating in it, taking light meals(without telling anyone in your own cozy room??) and taking juice at intervals( works as water) and there are just so many ways to do it if you really want to do it!

What I found is the knowledge that Hindu civilizations enmeshes are too good if you cut all the sickly rituals,which I think are brewed from nowhere in the long passing years.A celebration of fertility and blessings, which marriage brings and praying for the long-life of love-of-the-life does makes sense on the long run.And if you just stick with just drinking water from the feet and taking part in it so humongously that you get exhausted emotionally and physically,then you are doing it in wrong way,missing all those good vibes/luck it was destined to bring!.