That show was actually about second chances in life after getting betrayed. Rishta is not about that.
Even Anuj had a shady open-end but since he has no scope, he was not brought back.
@bold but Rishta had Kartik moving on after Naira's death and Akshu moving on with Abhinav after divorce.

She deserved punishment for longer duration, as he could never tell Pookie about her biological mother. He expected her to stay married to him for life even if he never returned, though according to him she was happy, living a lavish lifestyle, thriving in her career, while living with "his family" she was still his wife. Silly boy loves "bad mother" so much that he can't see her getting married to someone else 




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