Before I go into the actual analysis, meaning and possible solution to the question posted in the title, I will share a fact with the readers. Recently, general elections have been held in India as the Government formed in 2004 had finished its 5 years of reign. In the 5 years, some of the most radical changes were brought in by the previous UPA Government.

Some of them were,

1. Formation of a new ministry under the name Women and Child Development Ministry.
2. Passing of the intra-gender discriminatory, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA).

While I will NOT go into the possible and ongoing misuse of the PWDVA, the formation of Women and Child Development Ministry had some important ramifications touched upon in the article that appeared in the Indian Express.

The said article evaluates Mrs. Renuka Choudhary's performance as the Union Minister of Women and Child Development in the last 5 years and rates her at (-1)/10. It also says that the Women and Child Development Ministry was earlier a part of the Human Resources Development and was branched off as a separate ministry in 2006 under the auspices of the Women and Child Development from Human Resources Development.

So when women and children were separated from Human Resources Development, and given a special ministry, why were men left off? Do not men have issues? Do not men need welfare? Do they not have grievances to be addressed?

Difficult to answer as in the last 62 years of Indian Independence neither a single rupee has been allocated for men's welfare nor a single study done about men by the Government of India. It is only self-supported, non-funded fringe groups like Save Indian Family Foundation who are studying issues on men and demanding a men's welfare ministry.

Whereas, the Government has conveniently forgotten men and always treats them as second class citizens, FREE ATM MACHINES and leaves them to fend for themselves. They pay 82% of the taxes, carry the financial responsibility of the entire family on them, do the most risky jobs, die for their country land, sacrifice their lives for others, sacrifice their interests for other, put family before self, etc. etc. And yet, there is on one to listen to their woes or provide them with a communication channel which is non-invalidating about their problems and does not justify their ignominy.

The situation is very grim with men committing more suicides than women in all age groups and all social strata. Yet, there is no awareness created about it, other than Save Indian Family Foundation and its allied partners. The Government authorities are repeatedly urged to look into men's issues and they repeatedly ignore the issue. It raises a pertinent question, Are Men Biological Robots? Its time, men are given their due basic rights and a men's welfare ministry is created and a National Commission for Men is instituted.

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