An Initiative of Samabhavana
The law has a blind spot. We have the receipts.
MAN TANGLED is India’s only platform combining Constitutional Legal Advocacy and Public Art to challenge the Systemic Invisibility of Male Victimhood - in Moot court, and in the gallery.
MAN TANGLED ADVOCACY
mind over matter
Addressing Paradigm shift in traditional roles
Samabhavana
Parent Organisation · 25 Years · 80G & FCRA
MAN TANGLED is an initiative of Samabhavana, a 25-year-old registered NGO. Samabhavana’s institutional infrastructure — legal registration, donor transparency, and administrative governance — provides the foundation for this work.
WHAT WE DO
Three weapons. One argument.
MAN TANGLED is an initiative of Samabhavana, a 25-year-old registered NGO. Samabhavana’s institutional infrastructure — legal registration, donor transparency, and administrative governance — provides the foundation for this work.
Astitva — The Artquake
A Public art festival where difficult questions are represented through art works from students of BBM, Fine Art Colleges, Enhancing that will be sessions from Standup Comedians , Poets and Experts in field that will undertake seminar and workshops.
The Moot Court Compendium
Eleven fully researched moot court problems covering Male Rape, False Accusations, Domestic Violence, POSH, Suicide. Male Child Abuse (POSCO) — each grounded existing issues ,court ready for students of law colleges from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane.
The NGO Coalition
Many of Men's rights NGOs across India operate in isolation, fighting the same legislative battles without a shared vocabulary. MEN TANGLED is building the network. A common Legal Resource bank, a shared public voice, and a coalition credible enough to sit across the table from the Law Commission.
NCRB 2022
No statutory body exists to study,investigate, or address this. No equivalent of the NCW exists for men.
NFHS-3
“Yet, Section 2(a) of the DV Act denies men civil remedies like protection orders or right to residence. The government stopped surveying men after 2005.”
LOK SABHA Q.215 (2015)
No statutory body exists to study,investigate, or address this. No equivalent of the NCW exists for men.
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA 2023
Section 63 BNS defines rape in exclusively gendered terms. Adult male rape survivors have no statutory recognition.
"To advance awareness of the absence of gender-neutral justice in India through rigorous Legal Advocacy, Public Education, and Art — ensuring that the Fight for Men's Rights Strengthens, not Undermines, the rights for all Genders.
Our position
We cannot cite jurisprudence in absence of male rights.
MAN TANGLED does not compete with Women’s Rights movements. Our position is simple: the Constitution promises Equal Protection to every Person- That’s What We Demand.
Group – Forum – Activists working on Men’s Rights currently operate in isolation. Man Tangled is building a Network and Creating a Platform to raise Awareness, Amplify Public Voices, and form Pressure groups that Advocate for Gender-Neutral Policies & Laws.
Equal Justice
Legal Rigour
Artistic Truth
Radical Transparency
Gender Solidarity
Breaking Silence
THE COMPENDIUM
Eleven arguments. Each one court-ready.
Every moot problem is sourced to Supreme Court precedent, NCRB data, or government records. PIL advocates: these are yours to use.
TOPIC 01
APPEAL —Demanding a 'National Commission for Men
The Absence of National Commission for Men in India
Highlights the growing demand for a National Commission for Men to address Men’s unique issues such as Suicide, False cases, Custody battles, and Biased laws. It argues for genuine Gender-Neutral Policies & Law instead of women-centric ones only. (Signature drive)
FOR & AGAINST INCLUDED
TOPIC 02
Denied a Roof: The Unlawful Exclusion of Single Men from Rental Housing in India
The Domestic Violence Act's Gender Exclusion
This topic challenges the widespread discrimination in India where landlords and housing societies refuse rentals to single men due to biased views of them being wayward and harmful to family life and women
FOR & AGAINST INCLUDED
TOPIC 03
A Biased Reality: The Unfair Treatment of Boys Under POCSO Act
The Uncounted Boy — POCSO and Missing Male Data
Child protection laws are meant to shield Children from all forms of Violence, not just Sexual Abuse. Yet, when it comes to application of law for Boys- it falls short
FOR & AGAINST INCLUDED
The gallery is a courtroom.
Astitva is the Annual Art Festival and Public Platform under Samabhavana. where MAN TANGLED’s legal arguments become physical installations.
It is where the advocacy and the artist occupy the same room — and where the survivor sees themselves represented with Dignity for the First Time.
Mumbai / Navi Mumbai
Maharashtra · India
Ticketed Event
Registration opens soon
NGO Coalition
8–12 partner organisations
The Note Left Behind
A handwritten note under museum glass. Representing the 1,27,000 men who die by suicide each year — treated as a civic failure, not a personal tragedy
The Locked Door
A man standing outside a police station. The door is closed. No caption needed. The law in one image.
The Unnamed
A hospital bed. A blank FIR form on the pillow. The male rape survivor who was never documented by the state that was meant to protect him.
More installations announced soon
Eight additional works across the full range of the moot court compendium topics.
WHO IS THIS FOR
If you see yourself here, you're in the right place.
THE ADVOCATE
The Legal Mind
You're a Law Student, Advocate, or from any part of Judiciary- who believes the Constitution says what it means. BUT You do realise the lopsided and lacks Justice to Male Victim. This is the Platform to effect Change
Advocates
Law Students
PIL Practitioners
THE ALLY
The Gender-Equality Believer
You've been Fighting for Equality. You believe in Intersectional Justice. You've seen "Men's Fundamental Rights" weaponised by the society and you want no part of that. But you're intellectually honest enough to know that a gap in the law is a gap — regardless of who it affects.
Researchers
Social Workers
Journalists
THE VOICE MULTIPLIER
The Amplifier
You cover Legal Reform, Gender Policy, or Social Justice. You have an Insta or Youtube Account probable write e for Bar & Bench, We are looking for your support to have a collaboration and get other to join so as to have one voice resonating.
Legal Media
Activists
NGO Partners
What is tangled can be carefully and justly undone.
The Moot Court Compendium is ready.
The Art Festival is coming.
The Coalition must form.
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