Perhaps the scenario went something like this:
Panchaat ruling that Mithvi relationship turn into one of marriage (this could have something to do with Prithvi being left on steps of mundir and the family he is from (perhaps Pandit ji actually knows who's son he is) or perhaps because Ramu might have been insisting after taking him from there that he thinks of Prithvi being his son and going to be raised as such and they(panchaat) wanted to ensure this so they say he must make him a son by marriage (hence Mithvi's childhood marriage). Perhaps he agreed to this ruling without letting Sudha know and perhaps that is why she was upset about it being an educated girl from Delhi, (apparantely that's where they met and fell in love) she did not believe nor support childhood marriages. They had an argument about the panchaat ruling and and he said he has given his word which means everything to him and and he can't go back on it but she says she will never accept the ruling , yatta yatta...more fighting and perhaps the only resolution to this that Ramu could come up with while still saving face was to make up the great lie that Sudha and Miu were dead (this would explain why she took Miu with her). Perhaps they planned on enacting a fight so others could hear (namely Bhabi and elders of the family as Lakhu would have been to young) so that she could run away in front of everyone and "pretend" to drown in the river.
OR perhaps Ramu's older brother was Sarpanch or something at the time and he had arranged the wedding between Mithvi after some ruling by Panchaat and somehow Ramu couldn't go against his brother/family as it was about their family izzit etc. Perhaps the thought that Miu and Sudha died because of his decision played heavy on his heart and mind which left him paralyzed. To keep the family izzit perhaps that is why Ramu and Sudha still faked the drowning which could be why Kalki blames Miu for the whole thing (her hubby being paralyzed and perhaps her losing her status of the wife of the goan's Sarpanch). That's just what was going thru my head as I couldn't sleep last night. What do you guys think?
Edited to add:
Well I watched the epi (thanks to online videos😆) and the only difference I have to add to above now is was it Sudha that did not agree to the ruling of the Panchaat. Does this mean that the wedding didn't happen or does this mean she tried to absolve the childhood wedding after it had already taken place after the Panchaat ruling? Then if this is the case then why is Miu to blame for everything? Why is Ramu's older brother paralyzed and Kalki blames Miu for it? Why would everyone hate Sudha for that? Just for going against the ruling of the panchaat, they would still hate her 20 years later, even after they think she is dead? I just don't get it...
The only thing that has cleared up so far is that Miu is in fact Ramu's daughter and now everyone knows this and the fact that Sudha and Miu are both alive and kicking. What was also cleared was that Ramu was aware of this fact and not something he was blind to. So we still have so many questions left unanswered...
Edited again to add this:
Here are just a sampling of some questions still left unanswered:
-Why does Kalki blame them (Sudha and Miu) for everything?
-How did the bellman (Kalki bhabi's hubby) become paralyzed?
-How is this paralysis related to what happened 20 years ago?
-Why didn't Sudha just leave the village with Miu if she didn't agree to the childhood marriage?
-Why stage their deaths instead?
-What else is behind what happened 20 years ago, or was it only because of Mithvi's marriage?
-Did Ramu lie to save/protect Miu and Sudha because he loved them?
-Or did he lie about their deaths to save his own image or that of his families?
-Did they not tell Miu about it because it was for her own protection? (I mean apparently Sudha was supposedly dying when Miu went on this quest to bring her mom's hubby back so shouldn't she have said something to her about her dad?)
-Did Ramu do it because he choose duty over family happiness and love or in fact because of love and the need to protect them? (I have always said since the beginning that Ramu knows they are alive and that he is not acknowledging Miu as his daughter because he is protecting her and Sudha from something - is this still true? - i question it because he said he choose his duty as Sarpanch over his family but is this true or is he still covering up?
-Why if he choose his duty over his family is Sudha still in love with him - (I can understand (not really but that's what a lot of these shows depict😆) that she does KC for him still as it it is their duty but wanting to be with him again as a family even for a short while shows she still loves him so I still believe they both made a big sacrifice and somehow I think Ramu made more of a sacrifice because he not only had to give up his wife but his daughter too, and pretend that they were dead all this time and have to get re-married to someone he doesn't love - at least she still had Miu and got to start her life over again without having to pretend in front of all those people)
Why, why, why?...😛
So what do you all think is the reason behind this lie? Do you think more of it will be revealed soon (ie upcoming week)?