A class act: After month of horror, children in landslide-hit Wayanad return to classrooms

They looked fresh in new uniforms and seemed relieved when they reunited with their friends after weeks, putting behind the trauma of a natural calamity that may have scarred them for life.

The enthusiastic dren clapped loudly and sang their favourite songs when the state-run buses started to ply with them from the devastated Chooralmala town to nearby Meppadi through the winding mountain roads on Monday morning.

It was the journey of the children of the landslide-hit hamlets of Wayanad to resume their studies after 30 days after the massive disaster shook their lives and deprived them of everything in life, from schools and study material to home and family members, besides some of their buddies.