Yusuf Arakkal's early paintings captured the lives of the city dwellers in abstract. Initially, he used a large amount of bright colours to depict their situation but with time his growing concern with social issues began to reflect in the colours he used in his paintings. Arakkal, through his art, depicts the everyday life of the outcasts in urban areas - their poverty, helplessness, dismal living conditions and their strength in the face of tragedy. The ...