Mom is emotionally blackmailing him. Kalpi because both Kamla raghav and Sammy are emotionally blackmailing her. And pakhi because Kamla is ultimately forcing her to stay in a marriage that makes her unhappy. Neetu is the only sane one who knows what needs to happen and she will get pakhi a divorce . From pakhis conversation with herself when she was lighting cake u could tell she was double minded asking herself if she was seeing another dream that was going to get burnt.