Recently SIFF made its first public presence outside of India by setting up an exhibit booth at the Telugu Association of North America (TANA) Conference 2007, held between July 5-7 in Washington D.C. This was a very important event for SIFF given that Andhra Pradesh is a leading state in terms of the number of cases filed under Section 498A of IPC.
The first prosecution under the Domestic Violence Act may have come through, but what's worrying legal experts is not the need for more laws to protect women.
