Madhu Kailas is the pen name of Kingshuk Basu. He is a native of Kolkata and has lived in various places in India and the USA. He is the author of The Birds Fly in Silence. His poems have been published in journals like the Gateway Review, Marathon Literary Review, Literary Voyage, Indian Literature, The Amistad, Slippery Elm, Dragon Poet Review, New Mexico Review, Acumen, and Langlit. He studied Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and Business Management at Michigan State University. He lives with wife and children in Mumbai.