<h1>Assam historical fiction anthology recenters Assamese experiences and contests reductive insurgency narratives.</h1> Colour My Grave Purple is an Assam-set anthology that recentres Assamese experiences across 1855-2019 to dispute insurgency-focused and exoticising narratives. Through ten stories-ranging from plantation labour and indigenous healing to missionary encounters and gendered nationalism-Sahin uses historical fiction and untranslated language to critique colonial epistemologies, contest possession of land and stories, and frame fiction as an act of cultural and epistemic reclamation.