I don't care that Milsi give all his money up for Ritwik.
I loved Milsi before he became what he is today. I loved him when i first saw his attitude in the interview his father sent him to...i simply held my heart when he showed his care for his lil sis and at the same time the possessiveness he showed for his gf. Thats the Mils I love. The one who brought his baba chappals even tho being in constant tension with him. The guy who stood up for his sister's honor when her own father refused to believe her and she stood humiliated in front of the world...the one who sheltered her and gave her the confidence to live her life independently.
But the reason i don't want Nihaarika or Saket to know about Ritwik just yet is because i want Ritwik to be raised by Michi. Sukriti has proved herself to be an unfit mother. She still needs to grow up..even tho she is having a second one cooking in the oven. If everyone finds out who Ritwik's parents are...first off Saket won't accept Ritwik nor his own child that is in the making. Both will be stranded with Sukriti. Ofcourse Milsi will take care of them but is that ideal. Its not fair that Saket's child lives without a father due to the sins of the mother. Even if later Saket accepts Sukriti and both children, Ritwik will always be a step child in the Shergill house. And with Nihaarika, Pranay, and Purvi around Ritwik is sure to be miserable. If Ritwik is not accepted and stays in Michi mansion, he'll still have the illegitimate tag attached to him and he'll grow up with the knowledge that his mother and father didn't care for his welfare and both have separate blissful lives. He'll have a very strong sense of loneliness. No matter how much love Michi give him, they'll always be his aunt and uncle and a child will never be able to love aunt and uncle like he would love his parents. Now, if Milsi knows the truth and say a few others like PL and Baba know the truth...yet ALaap, Nihaarika, Saket don't know...then at least Michi can accept Ritwik as their own and in Michi mansion as long as Milsi is there no one will deprive Ritwik of the love and care he deserves. Michi will never treat him as an outsider no matter how many of their own they have. There is a certain authority that children feel they have over their parents...the right to everything that is their parents...and if Ritwik grows up and Michi's nephew he'll feel that lack of authority vs if he grows up as at least Prachi's child (not that Milsi will let him know that he is only Prachi's child)...but he'll feel that he is rightfully their's.
Therefore i don't want Nihaarika or Saket to find out. And Sukriti deserves some heartbreak for the mistakes on her part that the poor angel has been suffering for.
The only person who will loose with this situation is Neev...because many will still think that Ritwik is Prachi and Neev's child. So maybe Neev can also find out, preferably from Milind or Prachi but with the promise that Neev will keep quiet for the sake of his brother's marriage. And Neev may well find it in his heart to do so.
Edited by jinc118 - 17 years ago