Desert Marigold

Order Godhuli Chatterjee Gupta’s debut poetry collection today!

“Let me help you enter the cusp of something beautiful, something sacred, for nothing else is as enticing as the pure nakedness of your inner core.”

A bold, vulnerable & empowering debut collection from contemporary South Asian American poet Godhuli Chatterjee Gupta. Her inaugural collection takes you on an emotional journey to the various stages of womanhood—from the self-doubt & crippling anxieties of adolescence to the raw gripping realities of motherhood to ultimately reclaiming your power & identity. Desert Marigold is a celebration of our ability to bloom and thrive in the midst of adversity as dynamic, complex and multifaceted individuals. 

Godhuli's poems are raw, powerful, subversive and will empower you to step into your own light, reclaim your most authentic self, and take back the narrative of what it means to be a mother, a woman, an immigrant, a human.

Also available to purchase here: IngramSpark, Waterstones, Walmart, South Asian Americans For Change.

Vermilion Legacy

Launching April 2026

Godhuli Chatterjee Gupta’s second poetry collection honors the stories and sacrifices of South Asian immigrant women—a generation of magnificent women who gave up everything in their homelands for better opportunities overseas. During a time when immigrants are under attack worldwide, this collection sheds light on their extraordinary journeys, while humanizing their experiences and highlighting the many ways in which future generations can draw from their ancestral strength to move forward in their own paths of self-discovery. It is time we celebrate and elevate the voices of the matriarchs who raised us. To honor both the pain and the joy, to forgive and to break cycles, and to let the breadth of their experiences become a source of strength and motivation for us to keep going. And to keep spreading love.