Colour My Grave Purple published by Niyogi Books
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A taxi driver who initiates a conversation about elephants crossing the highway to a research scholar during a ride to the Jorhat airport. A woman from England who would go on to be called the ‘Jungle Queen’ in Assam and beyond. A daughter looking for signs that would help her navigate the difficult days following her father’s death by reading pages from his journal: author Shehnab Sahin paints a powerful picture of Assam through the many characters and the workings of their mind in her debut short story collection Colour My Grave Purple, published by Niyogi Books. Speaking over phone from Assam, where she is now based, Shehnab, who used to be a humanitarian worker in Syria and Lebanon, talks about how the 10 stories in the anthology took shape, and how through them, she seeks to show the world a side of Assam that is often left out in the mainstream narrative.
Author Shehnab Sahin
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