Akshara is not at all like her mother. Naira left home at a very young age and was forced to survive on her own. She was street smart and could take care of herself. Akshu on the other hand don't have that worldly experience. That 1 year leap did bring some changes in her. But the moment she went back to Abhimanyu, she became two times more clumsy and vulnerable. And the condition in which Naira left Karthik is different form the way Akshu was thrown out. Naira made conscious choices of her won to maintain her dignity. Akshu, on the other hand was made to feel like a burden on not just her husband and in-laws but also her own family. All that did affect her and that's where Abhinav came in. Now how the guy became a permanent part of Akshu and Abhir's life is yet to be revealed. Something major must have happened for her to accept him as her husband and her child's father.
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