{"product_id":"colors-of-the-cage-a-memoir-of-an-indian-prison-9781942173137","title":"Colors of the Cage: A Memoir of an Indian Prison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This country needs many more books like this one.\"--Arundhati Roy\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eWalking with the Comrades\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA powerful eyewitness account of life in an Indian prison shows how abolition is necessary to achieve a democratic transformation of society. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn May 2007, Arun Ferreira, a democratic rights activist, was picked up at a railway station in western India, detained by the court, and condemned to prison for an expanding list of crimes: criminal conspiracy, murder, possession of arms, and rioting, among others added during his detention. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn one of the most notorious prisons in India, Arun Ferreira was constantly abused and tortured. Over the next several years, each of the ten cases slapped against him fell apart. At long last, Ferreira was acquitted of all charges. As he exited the prison, moments away from freedom, he was rearrested by plainclothes police. He never got to glimpse his family waiting for him just outside the prison gates. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn stark and riveting detail, Ferreira recounts the horrors he faced in prison--torture, beatings, the general air of hopelessness--and the small consolations that kept hope alive--strikes and solidarity among inmates. His memoir is a timely reminder that across the globe policing and incarceration are institutions in desperate need of being dismantled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArun Ferreira is an Indian political activist based in Mumbai. In 2007, he was branded as the leader of the propaganda and communications wing of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). He was acquitted of all charges in 2014 only to be rearrested in 2018 on charges of sedition. He is currently facing a host of charges, including sedition.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Common Notions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50371924099346,"sku":"9781942173137","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_13b8a6b8-f760-486e-bc1e-ceacafc18655.jpg?v=1728541368","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/colors-of-the-cage-a-memoir-of-an-indian-prison-9781942173137","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}