Poets Bio

Madhu Kailas

Madhu Kailas is the pen name of Kingshuk Basu. He is a native of Kolkata, India and has lived in various places in India and USA. He is the author of two poetry selections, ‘The Birds Fly in Silence,’ 2014 by Writer’s Workshop Kolkata and ‘The Boatman of Murshidabad,’ 2021 by Aleph. His third poetry book, ‘O’ Beloved, The Heart Sings,’ a composition of 100 Rubai on the theme of love, is scheduled to be published in 2026 by Aleph.

He has been published in journals like Indian Literature, The Amistad, Acumen, Slippery Elm, The Gateway Review, California Quarterly, Plainsongs Poetry Magazine, The Bosphorus Book Review, Marathon Literary Review, Dragon Poet Review, New Mexico Review, Sutterville Review, The Punch Magazine, The Shallow Tales Review, ‘Converse’ – an anthology of 75 years of Indian poetry in English, The Literary Voyage, and Langlit.

He also loves music, painting, gardening, and traveling. He studied Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and Business Management at Michigan State University. He works in the retail, consumer, and digital industries. He lives with his family in Kolkata.