Ekam Nyaay Annual Report 2024-2025

Message From the Director

“As I pen this note, I am filled with emotions of happiness, gratitude, immense satisfaction and pride. I started my journey in 2012 with a simple dream of making “Martyrs of Marriage, a documentary film, to highlight misuse of dowry laws in the country and to spread awareness on this issue so that we could save some lives from suicide. I still remember that I had asked my former boss for a sabbatical of just one year to make this film but it has been 13 years since then working on men’s issues everyday.

It feels surreal to look back and see what all has been achieved since then. Martyrs of Marriage received global release on NETFLIX, it got screened in 22 cities in India and abroad and even got screened at Judicial Academies during training of Police & Judges.

After that it was India’s Sons - our documentary film on lives of men falsely accused of rape - which became the only Indian film to be screened at Taiwan International Innocence Film Festival and also won Jharkhand International Film Festival Award. The film has now been screened at Haryana Police Academy, Police Commissionerate Ghaziabad and we continue to take it to more forums to sensitise people on impact of false accusations of Rape. These films have now been watched by millions & initiated a much needed dialogue - that Justice should be for all irrespective of Gender & misuse of laws has to be nipped in the bud.

Martin Luther King Junior in his 1963 letter from Birmingham Jail wrote “Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere.” It means that all of humanity is interconnected, and an injustice against one person or group affects the justice of all people. The statement highlights how a society that allows injustice to stand unchecked in one place is ultimately undermining justice everywhere else.

These lines define the work we do. Our fight is against injustice and not any gender. The Constitution of India guarantees equality before law and equal protection of law to all citizens but several of our laws today are unequal, provide protection only to one gender and are being inhumanly misused without any repercussions. The equality envisaged by our constitution has to be restored and all genders should have an equal right to live life of respect and dignity. With a vision for a nation that grants equal rights to all and ensures equal justice for all, I founded Ekam Nyaay Foundation along with my father Sh. Satya Narayan Bhardwaj in February 2024.

Focusing on Four domains - Content, Counselling, Interventions & Research, Ekam Nyaay Foundations is -

▪ creating content on issues that impact men & their families, reaching millions.
▪ providing counselling to men and their families in distress
▪ going on-ground to intervene in cases of suicides & extortions and
▪ undertaking research to initiate dialogue in academia on these issues.

With just 3 full time employees and a part time resource, we have counselled more than 2000 individuals in person, responded to thousands of queries in our email and DMs, grown to a 30K+ community of Ekam Nyaay Foundation on social media and together through my handles and of organization have 700K+ followers garnering 700M+ Views. We provide not just legal guidance but emotional cushion to those going through one of the toughest times of their life  facing not just legal ordeals but betrayal by those they once loved the most. We live in a society where “Men Don’t Cry” is a common phrase and it is easy for people to expect men to not cry no matter how much pain they are in, but we at Ekam Nyaay provide a safe space for these souls to open up without being judged.

While our counsellings are non judgmental, we ensure that we thoroughly investigate the cases in which we intervene in organizational capacity and follow high standards of evidence collection. We are conscious of the fact that women are victims of very violent crimes in society even today and hence do due diligence in all our capacity before taking up a case for personal intervention. Our balanced approach in our work has gained us the trust of not only those who support our work but also of authorities who step forward to fairly investigate the cases we approach them for and do justice.

I am proud to share that since we began our operations we have got 37 criminals arrested, helped victims who were not getting heard by police get an FIR lodged in more than 18 cases and prevented arbitrary arrests in multiple false cases through personal interventions or social media impact. We have provided on ground support in several cases of suicide, arranged pro bono legal support for many who could not afford and hand holded many men who became victims of extreme violence or injustice.

Testimonials we have received from endless people is a testament to our commitment to selfless social service and blessings we receive everyday are a priceless payment of our relentless efforts.

It is my honour to present to you ANNUAL REPORT of EKAM NYAAY FOUNDATION. We have tried to capture all the major developments, cases and results we have achieved since we began operations but there is a lot more we could not cover in this report. Our website  ww.ekamnyaay.org is a storehouse of our work, important judgments, inspiring stories, tales of our impact, media coverage and a lot more. I am inviting you to explore the world of Ekam Nyaay Foundation and if you believe in our work, come join us as an ally.

Last but not the least, none of this could have been possible without my parents, my family, my loved ones, my friends, my dearest colleagues Rohit, Harsh, Shiv, our amazing volunteers and above all, the DONORS to this organization without whom we are incapable of doing anything.

This report is dedicated to every soul who has believed in Ekam Nyaay…. “

- Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj
  Founder & Director,
  Ekam Nyaay Foundation