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23 Little Lives - India's Poisoned Children
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23 Little Lives - India's Poisoned Children

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India's midday meal program feeds roughly 120 million schoolchildren a free lunch every school day, a scheme credited with fighting malnutrition and keeping kids in class since 2005. On July 17, 2013, that lunch killed 23 children in the Bihar village of Gandaman, all under ten, after ambulances rushed dozens more to Patna Medical Centre writhing in agony. Investigators trace the poisoning to monocrotophos, a pesticide banned in many countries but still sold cheaply across the region. The film follows the aftermath through the people living it: Chanda Devi, who lost two children and says she wishes she had kept them home, and Ranjeet, whose brother's classmates say the school principal forced them to eat. That principal now faces murder and conspiracy charges, though it's unclear whether she is culpable or a scapegoat. Chemical manufacturer Rajju Shroff, confronted on camera, denies any danger in the substance and dares anyone to prove it was in the food. Produced by ABC Australia, the film leaves the case genuinely unresolved.