SIFF-Man4Men

Do you remember Twisha Sharma—a high-profile suicide case where she died by hanging, and leaked chats revealed she had undergone an abortion, leading to ongoing disputes with her husband and mother-in-law? Her family accused Twisha’s mother-in-law, Giribala Singh (a retired judge), and her husband, Samarth Singh, of severe charges including dowry harassment and abetment to suicide. The media covered the news in prime time all day long. There was uproar everywhere, politicians tweeted about it, and people threatened protests. The Supreme Court also took suo motu cognizance and demanded strict action against the culprits, and the investigation was handed over to the CBI. Recently, another case has emerged where the son of a politician died by suicide, driven to it by the harassment of his wife and in-laws. His name is Prawal Gupta. Prawal had married Sneha Gupta about a year ago, in November 2025. Soon after the marriage, disputes and friction began between the couple. His wife filed cases under allegations of dowry demands, domestic violence, and harassment. Just before the incident, counseling for both of them was conducted at the women's police station, where Prawal was mistreated and pressured by the police. Before taking his life, Prawal recorded an 8-minute video in which he accused his wife Sneha Gupta, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and some other relatives of severe mental torture and relentless threats. Upon receiving the news of his only son's death, BJP leader Rajeev Gupta suffered a deep shock and was immediately admitted to the hospital, where he suffered a heart attack. In our country, the death of a married woman is automatically labeled as a dowry death or a suicide turned into murder. For a woman's justice, media outlets and politicians tweet about it, and the Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance. On the other hand, when a man dies by suicide despite providing all the evidence, society, politicians, and the media barely talk about it. Men's deaths are simply forgotten. * Atul Subhash (Bengaluru, Karnataka) * Aman Sharma (Delhi / Native of Rajasthan) * Prawal Gupta (Meerut, Uttar Pradesh) * Kovid Kumar (Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh) * Madhukar Reddy (Hyderabad, Telangana) * Engineer Mayank Tiwari (Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh) * Rahul Khandelwal (Indore, Madhya Pradesh) * Amit Gupta (Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) * Saurav Kumar (Patna, Bihar) * Digvijay Singh (Jaipur, Rajasthan) These are the names whose suicides made headlines. Every year, more than 125,000 men commit suicide, and over 80% of those are married men who take their lives out of frustration caused by the harassment of their wives and in-laws. The Supreme Court has never taken suo motu cognizance in the case of any man. Not a single politician has raised their voice for them. Now the time has come for us to raise our voices for men. In this country, justice is delivered based on gender; a woman's death is noticed by everyone, whereas men's deaths are forgotten after a single day of discussion.