With Palak it is the same she will never be happy, she is guilty of her mothers death, she understands her fathers unhappiness and thinks it her fault the family has also created an enviorment of guilt and teh same guilt is being relived . now ? is for what reason the guilt is being relived. those living have to live like dead, where is justice in that. Another instance, own story, my very close SIL had issues with her kids being special , because of that she was sad, all my prime days of marriage went brooding about the fact she is not happy how can i be, She was living like dead because of her circumstance I was doing the same at another level. Looking back I think was it all fair.
ithnk the whole family should pay homage to Arpita nd help palak come out of the shock. Else she will be a sucidal kid teh feeling will grow and take dimensions that can't be comprehended.