Born in the historical surroundings of chauri chaura Gorakhpur, Mr Balendu Dwivedi found solace in the soothing fragrance of the triadic garland of the Ganges the Yamuna and the Saraswati i.e Prayag where he learnt his maiden lectures of philosophy under the lotus feet of renowned teachers and postgraduated from the university of Allahabad.
The revolutionary zeal that he innately carried from his native place,the pious sensibility which is intrinsic to him, and the wisdom of philosophy turned him to be a literary personality of eminence.
His first creation emits such a glaze that it simply mesmerizes and captivates to the extent of catharsis.His novel Madaripur Junction enjoys itself pinching the backside of the self-appointed religious-caste representatives as it flows boisterously through the by-lanes of rural india. A village of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Madaripur Junction, is the centre of the plot of the novel which actually is not only the playground for rogue characters but also where various kinds of burlesque meet. In this respect Madaripur -Junction is largely a junction of a variety of social anomalies and bizarreness.
Chhedi Babu and Bairagi represent the so-called upper castes in Madaripur along with many companions who accompany them like shadows. All these characters not only are present in their completeness of naked display of their lowness of their beings but also are found laughing aloud shamelessly on their chicanery, slyness, deceit and double-dealings.
On the other hand there are those few belonging to the low-castes who are slowly becoming aware, are trying to stand up for their rights and, struggling for their socio-political equality.
Chaita represents this struggle.He however gets sucked up in the morass of the lowly rural politics and ultimately loses his life. And then his wife Meghia and others from his community get together to try to take Chaitiya’s efforts forward but the way their attempts are sought to be failed by crafty conspiracies is laid bare in the novel.
The milieu of the novel is archetypal rural and it has been woven so that we feel that it all has been seen and experienced by us in our own surroundings. The freshness and experimentation with the language gives it a rare flow .The plot takes numerous turns and twists imparting it a suspense throughout.And at the end , the point at which the narrator leaves us, we gasp in our hearts but also feel that everything has not been lost and there is a way ahead.
Madaripur junction has got Amritlal Nagar Sarjna Award of 2017 presented by Hindi sansthan, ttar pradesh and Amritlal Nagar Award, by the Uttar Pradesh State Employees' Literary Institute.
Let's say that Madaripur junction written by Balendu is a socio-political satirical novel and it has proved to be a highly read novel in a short span of time.From now on, three editions have come from Vani Prakashan. Its reviews have been published in many of the country's major magazines. Due to its popularity and expansion of reader class in the early period, Madaripur junction is not only confined to the Hindi language but also in English, Urdu . Oriya translation of novel is underway and the largest publishing company Harper & Collins English language have shown their interest in the publication of the English translation .
Balendu is presently engaged in the writing of his new novel, Via Fursatganj, which is centered on the background of Allahabad.Balendu explains that "A significant period of my life has passed in Allahabad. I stayed there not only for life but also for literature Kukra has learned. In the matter of literature, the land here has been very fertile. However, Man has seen that the environment here, the glory of this place and its happiness and suffering Almost absent from the experience in literature .
In addition to this, Balendu has prepared a tribute to the famous novelist and story writer Munshi Premchand, Amar Kahaniyan, a beloved story writer. In this, a total of 21 immortal stories of Premchand have been compiled. Premchand has a profound influence on the writings of Balendu and he believes that if he had not read Premchand then perhaps he would never have tried in the literature ..! Then maybe their direction of life would be The other was the same.
According to Balendu,the biggest thing in Premchand's writings which attracts him is the ease and naturalness of his subject and language.This is rarely elsewhere. This is the only thing that makes Premchand and his writing a class apart.
Balendu believes that every story of Premchand reveals many scenes of the human mind with many artifacts of consciousness, with its complete artistry, various aspects of social evils and economic oppression. His hundreds of stories are such as Shroud, Salt Dancer, Chess players, etc. who are still agitating readers at both levels of thought and perfection.They are the announcements given in favor of human dignity of a timeless composer. It can be said that the stories of Munshi Premchand are the fundamental sources of literature for the rights of the victims of the oppressed sections of society, economic and social system.
Apart from this, balendu is writing a book based on a play called "Mrityubhoj" and a critique on Acharya Ramchandra Shukla.