Silent Waters

Ayesha is a widow with a secret past living with her beloved son Saleem in a small town in Pakistan close to the Indian border When the fires of Islamic nationalism invade their tranquil lives Saleem and a few of the towns other young men are soon gripped by a religious fervour and they attempt to bring radical Islamic law to their friends and neighbours After a group of Sikh pilgrims arrive in town tensions reach boiling point as Ayeshas haunted past comes rushing back