Huma Sheikh – författare

Huma Sheikh was on a train, traveling with her father, Ghulam Nabi Sheikh - a celebrated Kashmiri musician and broadcaster - when he disappeared from his bunk overnight. Days later, her family discovered he had been murdered by Indian police - and cremated against all laws and their Muslim traditions. Murder in Kashmir follows Huma's journey through corrupt legal systems, police cover-ups, media silence, and cultural stigma to reclaim her father's story. As a Kashmiri woman, she confronted not only political oppression but also the gender discrimination deepened by war in her fight for answers. Blending personal loss with political truth-telling, Murder in Kashmir offers a voice to the silenced and hope to those who have survived trauma. It is both a record - so such atrocities are not forgotten - and a warning, so they are not repeated.