Some more from the unpublished "My Days with People Guerrilla Army"

"A sharp whistle woke us at dawn.  Our muddled minds took a while to figure out where we were, and the sight of the squad members brought reality back. We were ordered to go into the nearby forest for ten minutes for our morning ablutions.  Raja, Bishnu and I began to march towards the forest as indicated. I didn't have the nerve to look Bishnu in the face, but over my shoulders I had seen his countenance turning red with rage.

 On our return to the field we found a headcount going on and we too fell in line for the tally. It was a beautiful sunny day with a gentle breeze blowing.  I tried in vain to figure out where we were, but it was just like any other forest. Later we were told that it was a forest close to Kirandul. The line stood at attention with a dusky, slim and smart girl in the front. She held up her AK 47. All the members had sacs on their backs and carried modern weapons. Commander Anil asked the squad to march forward, naming a place and then said R.B.  When I asked what that meant one youth said, a little contemptuously, it meant Retreat Back. Suppose you had walked to a destination after marching for an hour, but there you found danger lurking, you would have to retreat back very fast to your original location."