(Minghui.org) A practitioner held more than 40 introductory Falun Dafa classes in 17 places in the remote state of Tripura from late April to early July this year. The visits included a university and a temple in addition to 15 schools. Ten locations were outside the capital, Agartala.
Tripura, one of the smallest states in India, is a hilly state in the northeast of the country bordered on the north, south, and west by Bangladesh and the Indian states of Assam and Mizoram to the east. It is home to a diverse mix of tribal cultures and religious groups.
Tripura is geographically isolated, and initially only one major highway connected it with the rest of the country. Eventually a railway line and an airport were built. Frequent heavy rains and landslides cut the state off. Bengalis represent the vast majority of the Tripuri population. People speak mostly Bengali but also English, Kokborok (Tripuri), and other regional languages.
As in previous years, the practitioner had to carefully decide which materials to take and how to pack them. It was very challenging, as it was unusually hot.
The practitioner boarded the train on April 21 near her hometown for the more than 30-hour-long train ride, which took her straight to Agartala. The trip was unexpectedly easy and required no change of trains. Because of that, she decided to take a large amount of materials with her.
It was the greatest amount of materials she had ever taken on the train and filled three heavy suitcases and several heavy bags. Fortunately the space under the seats on the train was empty, as if just waiting for these precious materials, and not filled with other passengers’ luggage. This was even more astonishing since she got the last and only available seat on this train, which runs only once a week.
The materials consisted of many fliers in Bengali, Hindi, English, and other languages; bookmarks; 2022 Falun Dafa wall calendars; 2010 calendars that had been made into posters; copies of Zhuan Falun and Falun Gong in Bengali, Hindi, and English; other books such as The Slaughter, Unprecedented Persecution, Life and Hope Renewed, and Hearts and Mind Uplifted; Compassion and Minghui magazines; copies of The Minghui Report: 20 Years of Persecution; Shen Yun wall and table calendars, posters, brochures, and bookmarks; posters of all sizes about Falun Dafa and that clarified the truth; lotus flower keepsakes in various languages; Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party; and posters and banners to display at schools.