Stand Up For Dharma: No value for a Man's life in India. Dimapur proved it loud and clear!

A man falsely accused of rape has been lynched to death by a mob in Dimapur. Will they be able to bring him back to life? What about the family left behind by him? How did we end up like this? What was it which gave the mob the license to take law into their hands and take a man's life after thrashing him.

What was the fault of the victim? He happened to be a "Man". The rape hysteria built up over the past three years has led to the mob murder. All men are potential rapists. The laws have been framed in favor of women and they are misuse prone. The false accusers are let off as there is no punishment for a false allegation.

A woman's word is sufficient for a man to be held guilty of rape. The man loses his reputation, dignity, job and even one's life as it happened in Dimapur. Why did we let it happen? It is a result of the notion that men are expendable and can be disposed off. Men have no value.

Delhi has got the tag "Rape Capital". Delhi DCW Chief has stated that 53% of rape cases have turned out to be false. Media doesn't highlight the acquittals. The man's name is revealed from day one. His reputation, dignity is lost and endures the harassment from the system. It would be prudent to reveal the name of the accused only after being proven guilty in light of the high percentage of fake cases.

NHRC should have been active as genuine human rights violation has happened but they are nowhere to be seen. They however have been eager to take suo moto cognizance of other widely reported incidents. Dimapur is a fit case for NHRC to stand for the lynched man. He has been vested off his human rights (right to live, right to defend).

Why is the false accuser still free in Dimapur? The authorities have arrested 20 odd youth for the murder of the man accused of false rape and moved on. After two years, Nirbhaya is still a live story where BBC too wanted to ride the TRP wave by releasing the documentary "India's Daughter" and defame the whole nation.

Let us pause for a moment and remember the man who lost his life on 5th March 2015. His name was Syed Sharifuddin Khan, a 35 year old proud Indian man, who has opened up questions for the Indian men.

Let us pledge not to fall prey to the rape hysteria. Let us work on making our laws gender neutral as crime has no gender. Let us value a human life. If left unchecked, it will happen soon somewhere close to you or even to you.

The following are few of the slogans from the Candle light protest against the lynching in Bengaluru on March 22nd, 2015.