Colours of the Cage: a Prison Memoir

Arun Ferreira is from the East Indian community, the original Mumbaikars, whose villages became theocalities of a sprawling metropolis. He graduated from the prestigious St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, and has been an activist since his student days. Ferreira is also a cartoonist whose drawings on social and political issues have appeared in various publications, as well as in student and worker magazines. Since his release in 2012, he continues to actively engage with issues of political prisoners, prison reforms and democratic rights. He is presently pursuing a degree inaw and researching the history of the democratic rights movement in Mumbai