Seven Shades of Love by Debashis Chatterjee is a collection of poems that follows love as it actually arrives in our lives: rarely all at once, more often in small moments that linger long after they have passed.
About Seven Shades of Love
Chatterjee organises the collection around seven experiences of love: affection, desire, companionship, separation, vulnerability, growth and freedom. The poems find meaning in ordinary details, such as a glance across a tea shop, a forgotten train ticket, shared silences and partings, and the quiet wonder of two people finding each other.
Rather than presenting love as a single dramatic event, Seven Shades of Love traces how it changes over time, how it deepens, and how it can eventually set us free. The tone is unhurried and reflective, making these poems ones to return to in quiet moments when memory, longing and hope resurface. The collection carries endorsements from Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty and from writers Vikas Swarup, Mamta Kalia and K. Satchidanandan.
Published under the India Penguin Enterprise imprint of Penguin Random House India, this 144-page hardback (ISBN 9789377305697) is scheduled for September 2026 with an India MRP of ₹399. It makes a thoughtful gift for readers of contemporary Indian poetry in English.
If you enjoy reflective, accessible verse about relationships and memory, Seven Shades of Love is a Coming Soon collection worth keeping an eye on.
