In Red zone, a principal fights bullets with band, baaja, books

The small entourage carrying balloons, bouquets, box of chocolates and swinging to loud drum beats could easily be mistaken for a marriage procession in the narrow bylanes of this remote Gadchiroli village. But this procession in Koyanguda village, in Naxalite-affected Bhamragarh taluka, stopped outside six-year-old Harish Vasudeo Habka's house to celebrate his 'first day of school'.

In Red zone, a principal fights bullets with band, baaja, books
The small entourage carrying balloons, bouquets, box of chocolates and swinging to loud drum beats could easily be mistaken for a marriage procession in the narrow bylanes of this remote Gadchiroli village. But this procession in Koyanguda village, in Naxalite-affected Bhamragarh taluka, stopped outside six-year-old Harish Vasudeo Habka's house to celebrate his 'first day of school'.