@bold - I don't think she is. I view her as a trophy wife. Rich, recently widowed businessman was in need of comfort and she struck when the iron was hot.
It's my Headcanon that she's actually only 10yrs older than ram, give or take
(Ram's mom died when would've been 12(?), VK met Nandini when Ram must've been 15(?), Nandini was a young and beautiful wife (25-27yrs), then Shubhu and Shivi were born and VK died when Ram was 18/19 ie in college)
It's just Nandini's bad luck - she married for a life of comfort and luxury, but ended up widowed and poor. Ram had to rebuild the empire from scratch.
I can't really understand. The pic which Ram keeps in his room of his father. He is standing infront of an audi? Again, in one of the initial episodes, Ram and Shiv talk about some Car their father used to sport. I think they were never poor. 🤪