Originally posted by: dmg2c
I think Vishakha's first husband died. nanu got her married again . But in those days, remarriage of a widow was difficult especially with a child. the second husband would not accept the child. So nanu agreed to take care of the child so that vishakha could get remarried. so whenever relations broke down between sameer and his parents, nanu stepped in, so that vishakha's family life would not be disturbed and sameer also would not be neglected. else, sameer would have been ill-treated, and vishakha would have been torn between husband and son. and when a mother leaves behind her son to set up a new home, and her father takes up parental duties, automatically she moves away atleast a little bit from parental attachment and duties.
in sumeet mittal's life, his mom died when he was 2. i think his father remarried. so his nana brought him away , perhaps becoz his father was unable or unwilling to keep him, and adopted him...so that he was not ill-treated.