This is an ITV show and from my understanding not responsible for teaching people right from wrong. Indian families are seeing a lot of new things like divorce and remarriage these days. I am not saying they didn't exist before, just that they were a lot less common. So this issue of a child from a previous relationship is a very interesting one, cause that's just not a part of the well known family structure.
In the west if you remarry and the other person has children from a previous relationship you don't immediately consider them your own. That's not natural or encouraged. What you do is form your own bond and eventually adopt them. They and you know what the relationship is and are comfortable with it. Kind of similar to Abhi-Ruhi relationship, where the boundaries are setup very clearly. She calls him poppy, not papa. Her dad is dead and she respects that, along with treating Abhi as a father figure. But the difference in how Abhi treats her vs how Arohi treats her is clear. Arohi has more rights and at the end of the day Abhi has to agree with her for any decisions regarding Ruhi. She has the final say and can even take Ruhi away from Abhi if she wants to.
But Ak has either not understood this concept or doesn't want it for her kids. What she wants is a traditional family unit. That was her reason for marrying Abhinav and now her reason for marrying Abhi. Obviously this is not ok. This is a regressive thought process. But the fact is that the show is not calling it out. The show is accepting all thought processes and showing them. Arohi chose to be a single mother, Ak didn't. Who is right, who is wrong, we can discuss, but the show doesn't pass the judgement on that.
Similarly, for the abortion issue, the show is not passing any judgements here. What they are talking about is everyone's POVs. If you want a traditional family unit, yes in this case, abortion is the best option for Ak. However she is not going to do that, so it will force her and the rest of the people to move forward with an unusual family structure. That's what Anand was talking about.
As to blood and stuff, I don't personally believe in it. If you officially adopt a kid then there is no difference between that kid and your dna kid. But that doesn't mean that the stuff Manjari was talking about isn't true. The dna connection shows up in similar tastes and habits and stuff. That doesn't mean you love the child less though, but I think she meant more that you feel a deeper connection because of those things which is missing in an adopted kid. There are other things in an adopted kid though, like they will still take up your habits just by watching you and stuff.
In general the issue isn't about whether Abhi will be able to love a kid he is not related to, but if he will ever get love from Ak, because she will never move on due to the kid. Do people move on in real life with kids from their dead partners, yes they do. But usually that takes a lot of time, and usually one would not choose to get married right away. They would take time after a partner's death to grieve and process and move on, after which they are ready to fall in love and be in a new relationship.
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