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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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