In the summer of 2007 a farmer in southern India found a two-day old baby girl who had been buried alive. Rushed to the local hospital, she miraculously survived. But in today’s India, many other baby girls are not so lucky.

India’s Missing Girls tells the story of the thousands of girls who are killed every year - simply because of their gender. Most are aborted as soon as their sex is determined. Some are abandoned at birth, while others are killed, shortly after.

The disturbing story of this buried baby girl was the starting point for Ashok Prasad’s intimate investigation into why modern India is obsessed with boys. And what the brutal realities of that obsession means for the country’s girls. The story is told through the eyes of Sandhya Puchalapalli – who runs a children’s home for abandoned girls in the south of India.

The film was originally shown as part of the This World strand on BBC2.

The event at the Frontline Club is an opportunity to meet with Sandhya and to hear from her directly as well as to see a longer (45 minute) version of the film. It takes place on Friday May 2nd at 7.30 pm.

http://www.frontlineclub.com/club_events.php?event=2052

“It will move you to tears of rage” The Observer
A film by Ashok Prasad