at the time, almost all babies in rural bihar were born at home. so, i began by talking to the women who delivered them. the midwives. what i found then still shocks me. hakiya was the first of the midwives to speak plainly on camera. hakiya is talking about upper—caste families. the midwives came almost entirely from the lower castes. they often told me they did not want to kill baby girls. but refusing orders from these families was unthinkable. after hakiya spoke up, other midwives found the courage to tell their stories. rani was the next to confess. of all the midwives, she looked the most troubled. rani died a long time ago. so did hakiya and dharmi. but there was one midwife who would not confess. i did not know it at the time, but it was this midwife, siro devi, whose story i would follow for the next three decades. i was not the only one troubled by these killings. in the �*90s, anila kumari ran an ngo that worked with the midwives. long before they confessed to me, it was anila who had earned their trust and guided me into their world. sh

first time in bihar?les i had told siro that we could not be certain monica was one of the babies rescued by the midwives. but for siro, this was a life she had saved. let herfeel 0k. she's fine. i want to really thank you for exploring all this with me and being so brave. i don't take it for granted. thank you. this is a prominent river in this area. if you tell any bihari that you are from kosi region, that means you are from this area. kind of, you know... identity. ..identity, yeah — a kind of identity. this "adopted girl" tag, is it still valid or is it completely irrelevant for you? so, for me, my parents are my parents and there's nothing as such called as adopted now in my life. but i would like to mention one thing — i really feel special for being adopted. my parents have given such a wonderful life to me. i don't think i would have got it otherwise. that was the last time i would ever talk to siro on camera. together, we went to manihari, on the banks of the ganges. this was a place siro had be

according to the report, bihar at the time had more than half a million midwives.he names of the midwives were changed to protect their identities. hakiya is mentioned, rani is there and so is siro. siro had been a midwife since she was a child. she was doing this work when i met her 30 years ago. she's still doing it today. year after year, i went back to visit siro and saw how hard it was for her to make ends meet. she was the sole breadwinner, raising two sons and three daughters... ..three daughters who all needed a dowry in order to be married. a dowry could be anything — cash, jewellery, utensils. but for many families in india, the girl has to bring something as a condition of marriage. it is the dowry system that makes sons into assets and daughters into liabilities. all the midwives told me this is the reason why so many baby girls were killed at birth. over the years, a trust had grown between us. but only once in three decades did siro confess that she had killed baby girls with her own hands. by the time i filmed the confessions, some of the midwives wo

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i shot this footage nearly 30 years ago in the state of bihar in eastern india.cks me. in total, four midwives spoke to me on camera about killing newborn babies. most of these midwives gave the same explanation for why baby girls were being murdered. the dowry system is an age—old tradition, where the bride's family is expected to give gifts like cash, jewellery or clothes to the groom. in many families, it can turn sons into assets and daughters into liabilities. i was not the only one disturbed by these killings. in the �*90s, anila kumari ran an ngo that educated midwives against infanticide. the midwives saved at least five baby girls and brought them to anila. one child died, but four were put up for adoption. it took a while, but eventually i tracked down a girl named monica, who in all probability is one of the rescued children. i wanted to bring monica and anila together. i landed up in an orphanage. so definitely, i would like to meet. today, infanticide is rare, but the illegal practice of sex selective abortion still persists in parts of india. for an

i shot this footage nearly 30 years ago in the state of bihar in eastern india.spoke to me on camera about killing newborn babies. most of these midwives gave the same explanation for why baby girls were being murdered. the dowry system is an age—old tradition, where the bride's family is expected to give gifts like cash, jewellery or clothes to the groom. in many families, it can turn sons into assets and daughters into liabilities. i was not the only one disturbed by these killings. in the '90s, anila kumari ran an ngo that educated midwives against infanticide. the midwives saved at least five baby girls and brought them to anila. one child died, but four were put up for adoption. it took a while, but eventually i tracked down a girl named monica, who in all probability is one of the rescued children. i wanted to bring monica and anita together. i landed up in an orphanage. so definitely, i would like to meet. today, infanticide is rare, but the illegal practice of sex—selective abortion still persists in parts of india. for anila and monica, their reunion was

soi so i set off into the villages of bihar to see if it was true.ill shocks me.

they were ritually bathing in rivers and ponds swollen by recent flooding in the state of bihar and dieddly stampedes during religious events in the past but widespread drowning incidents during festivals are rare. the independent doctors' regulator — the general medical council — refused to investigate alleged medical malpractice at harrods in 2017, because it said too much time had passed and the case wasn't in the wider public interest. our correspondent tom symonds can tell us more. this recruit to harrods in 2008, had a very intimate medical examination. it found she had an infection, and she was given a prescription to go and get something from the chemist, but then she was asked to go up and see mohamed al—fayed. he was wearing a dressing gown, she said, and he immediately asked her, "got that thing taken care of and did you pick up that thing?" and he felt she was talking about that medical test result and the need to get a prescription, so she complained. to the general medical council, which regulates doctors in the uk, and she said that her medical information had been inappro

heard about a case of infanticide in katihar, close to my hometown, so i set off into the villages of bihar