In the 1990s, rural midwives in Bihar were quietly killing baby girls under pressure from families. Some confessed to dozens of infanticides. Dowry, caste, poverty β all conspired to make daughters disposable.
Thirty years later, one of those girls has returned β adopted, loved, and thriving β to meet the women who chose to save rather than kill.
This story, told through BBC Eyeβs The Midwifeβs Confession, is brutal, human, and profoundly moving.
What does it say about Indiaβs gender imbalance, social reform, and the moral grey zones of survival?
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