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Thirty years ago, in the Indian state of Bihar, a group of village midwives confessed on camera that they routinely took the lives of newborn baby girls.
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Using archive footage that has never been seen before, this #BBCEye documentary “The Midwife’s Confession” explores the disturbing subject of infanticide in rural India – and tells the moving story of one woman’s campaign to save girls’ lives.
00:00 A baby is found
03:56 BBC Eye Investigations
04:20 A three decade old archive
07:10 The midwives confess
12:08 A change begins
15:26 The life of Siro
21:47 Saving baby girls
27:41 Search for a saved baby girl
30:15 Meeting Monica
36:59 Another abandoned baby
39:00 Monica returns to Bihar
50:13 The Siro interview
55:16 On the banks of the Ganges
57:08 A happy family
01:02:16 BBC Eye Team
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In MARATHI here ➡️ https://bbc.in/3ZkgIiV
In GUJARATI here ➡️ https://bbc.in/3XtlgBc
In TELUGU here ➡️ https://bbc.in/3zq5iQ1
In TAMIL here ➡️ https://bbc.in/4dXUdoi
…and in PUNJABI here ➡️ https://bbc.in/4gzcbQ3
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Reporter – Amitabh Parashar
Assistant Producer – Purnima Mehta
Producer – Neha Tara Mehta
Researcher – Shwetika and Archi Raj
Filmed by Syed Safi Ahmad and Omkar Phatak
Additional Camera – Gaurav Lodhi Rajpoot
Film Editor – Abhinav Tyagi
Associate Editor – Hriday Rao Chauhan
Sound Recordist and Editor – Debangshu Roy
Impact Producers – Baya Cat, Emaan Warraich, Anusha Kumar, Tom Donkin and Mark Shea
Director, Development – Hemal Trivedi
Development Exec – Emma Whitlock
Translations – Devanshu Jha, Soumya Jha, Sona Singh, Ratan Priya, Komal Kumbhar, Tanuja Jha, Ifath Arwah
Lighting – Selak Ram
Colourist – Robin Doelly
Graphic Design – Asher Kaye Isbrucker
Production Coordinator – Varsha Garg
Production Manager – Dawn Macdonald
Production Executive – Nayantara Gauba
Special Thanks – Indian Air Force, Kavita Parashar, Ravindra Kumar, Dinanath Kesari, Asita Maldahiyar, Abhay Anand, Parvaz Ahmad Lone, Parvez Ahmad
Head of Longform – Liz Gibbons
India Series Producer – Ankur Jain
Directed by Amitabh Parashar and Syed Ahmed Safi
Executive Producers – Anubha Bhonsle and Daniel Adamson
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