The stoning of a muslim woman

She first started acting in television shows, most notably about a bengali rock band which was frowned upon for the child of a muslim parent in Calcutta. Following this, she was only 20 when she acted in India’s first digitally shot feature film in which she has a lesbian kissing scene with the leading actress. There was much controversy over it and she was accused of immoral behaviour and flaunting her undeniable beauty. She’s a very independent and courageous woman who had recently finished writing and recording her first music album. It’s not only strict Islamic countries like Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia where women like her are seen as threatening and highly inappropriate. India too can suffer from this oppression of and control of women’s hopes and desires.

And it was her bright eyed curiosity and endless need for new ways to challenge her senses that inevitably led her to be stoned. Luckily, the stoning happened yesterday with me in my back garden (her via a joint, me via a grass infused yogurt), lying in the meadowy grass watching jet trails criss cross the sky and little creatures clambering about us. We talked in circles, laughed at nothing, kissed while smiling. Later we slow strolled the evening streets of this addictive town, her beauty inhaled deep and stored behind my eyes.