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The Making of a Cancer Generation: A Field Documentary

A short documentary from the arsenic-hit villages of Bhagalpur, Bihar.

24 August 2026
The Making of a Cancer Generation: A Field Documentary
The Ganges at Bhagalpur.Photograph: Abhishek Angad · Source: Original

A short field documentary from Bhagalpur, where groundwater arsenic has shaped the health of a generation. Filmed in the villages of Pirpainti block, it carries the testimony that the data cannot: the voices of the people who live with the water every day.

The making of a cancer generation — a field documentary. (Reporters Desk)

The documentary accompanies the investigation into arsenic contamination in Bihar's groundwater — the research, the correlation with cancer, and the state's response. Watch it alongside the written report and the photo essay for the full account.

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