An IT professional with an MBA demanded Rs 12 crore, a luxury Mumbai apartment, and a BMW—after just 18 months of marriage.
Are Indian men, especially those betrayed, expected to fund extravagant lifestyles for individuals who are fully capable of earning? Increasingly, some are taking advantage of a legal system that appears skewed. It is a sobering irony that education and professional success, once seen as tools of empowerment, are sometimes weaponised to extract unearned settlements.
Many such women move on with a smirk, celebrating hollow victories while disregarding the emotional wreckage left behind. Their legal teams, persuasive and strategic, instill in them the belief that the law is unconditionally on their side. For many, this perceived “win” isn’t built on truth, but on bias.
But does the mirror ever reflect the truth? Do they acknowledge how they played a dirty game, constructed false narratives, and walked away untouched?
Does reflection stir any remorse, or has financial independence made them only more defiant? In a system where allegations are often treated as fact, where emotion outweighs evidence, and where even parents say, “They’re adults; they won’t listen,” society begins to break under the weight of unchecked misuse.
To such passive or enabling parents: The truth still matters, especially when it’s buried beneath legal formalities and selective sympathy. Your silence is complicity. If you’re suffering, it’s either unacknowledged or dismissed as weakness.
The law, meant to protect, has, in many cases, become a weapon. Countless Indian men are left bearing the costs: isolated, unheard, and judged without fair trial. The damage is profound—reputations tarnished, families broken, and futures stalled.
And the children? Too often, they become bargaining chips.
This injustice must awaken Indian men, not out of bitterness but from the urgent need to reclaim truth in a society that no longer prioritises it. These are men who’ve endured sleepless nights, spent countless hours entangled in legal webs instead of building their lives, and walked through a system that punished them for being betrayed.
To Indian men: Arise. Do not stay silent, broken, or defeated. Unite. Share your stories. Let your voices shape the future so the next generation does not suffer in silence. Your strength is not in revenge, but in truth.
The legal system may not always hold the guilty accountable. But you can still appeal to society’s conscience. Even as the judiciary remains hesitant to amend the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023, to criminalise adultery in a gender-neutral way, victims know who the real offenders are.
To those who manipulated the system: When the applause fades and no one is left to echo the lies, the truth will echo louder than ever.
This is only the beginning. Because justice that serves only some… is justice denied to all.
The writer is a Freelance Writer, the Founder - Meeting Minds and a Director on the Board of Planet, People, Profit Private Limited.
