Activist Revisits Prison Diaries
by The Daily Eye Team November 22 2016, 2:37 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 30 secsIn a session at the Times Celebrate Bandra Festival, activist Arun Ferreira, who was branded a 'Naxalite' by the state and charged with sedition before being acquitted of all charges, spoke about spending close to five years in prison. While in jail, Ferriera sketched scenes of prison life, which was later transformed into a searing memoir, 'Colours of the Cage'.
Ferreira explained that he wrote the memoir because often people are complacent as they believe there are rules guiding all processes in a democracy. "But often, these rules are unreasonable and inhumane," he explained.