a snake which they referred to it as the 'snake of misandry that gobbles up innocent men.' The larger-than-life snake had details about misused gender-discriminative criminal laws (namely anti-dowry laws, molestation, rape, section 377 of IPC and maintenance & alimony laws) on one side and the text of most concerning social & criminal issues faced by boys & men (viz. child-labor, boy's education, male suicides, domestic violence on men, male rape and patriarchal burdens of being default protectors & providers) on the other side. Now a new organization "Avijan Welfare And Charitable Trust" is working on men's rights in Kolkata. A magazine "Purush Kotha" is released on men's rights and problems faced by men. While displaying banners with the text "Patriarchy Enslaves Men" and shouting slogans that meant "Would you marry? Would you go to prison?" the activists equated marriage with entrapment. Their participation was widely covered by regional & national print & electronic media. In 2016, a documentary film called 'Martyrs of Marriage' was released by Mumbai-based filmmaker and activist Deepika Narayan Bharadwaj. The film, which features real-life stories of men suffering from abuse due to anti-dowry laws, including those that have committed suicide,. Issues Anti-dowry laws The Laws The men's rights activists claims that the anti-dowry laws are being frequently misused to harass and extort husbands. The high rate of suicide among married men in India is also attributed to harassment under these laws by the activists. The practice of giving dowry was first criminalised in 1961 under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and later the Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code was introduced in 1983. The Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code which deals with cruelty to a wife states that: The Section 113b of the Indian Evidence Act, 1879 says that if a married woman committed suicide within seven years of marriage, it must be assumed by the court that her husband and his family abetted the suicide, especially if there was evidence of prior dowry demands. Until July 2014, the Section 498a of the Indian Penal Code allowed the police to arrest the persons mentioned in the complaint without a warrant or without any investigation. The crime was non-bailable, so chances of getting a bail are low and husbands usually lost their jobs while in custody. On 2 July 2014, the Supreme Court of India in an order stopped automatic arrests under the