What was the pen name of Kamala Das ?

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Kamala Das's pen name was indeed Madhavikutty.

*   **Option 1: Madhavikutty - Correct.** Madhavikutty was the pen name Kamala Das used for her Malayalam writings. She is widely known and recognized by this name in the Malayalam literary world. This is a well-established fact.

*   **Option 2: Surayya - Incorrect.** While Kamala Das did convert to Islam later in her life and adopted the name Kamala Surayya, Surayya was her name *after* conversion, not a pen name used for her literary works in the same way Madhavikutty was. Madhavikutty was her established literary identity.

*   **Option 3: Kamala - Incorrect.** "Kamala" is simply her given first name. While she wrote under her own name, Kamala Das, it wasn't a pen name in the sense of a pseudonym she adopted for a specific purpose or language. Madhavikutty served as her pen name, particularly for her Malayalam works.

*   **Option 4: Bholi - Incorrect.** "Bholi" has no connection to Kamala Das or her literary work. It is not a name or pen name she ever used.