Balakumaran's first novel - 'Mercury Pookaal' was serialized in Saavi and his second 'Irumbu Kuthirai' (Iron horse) was serialized in Kalki. His first stories were published in a literary magazine called 'ka-ca-da-ta-pa-Ra' and for which he was also a founding member of KaChaTaThaPaRa, a self-anointed militant literary journal that had been launched with a mission to blaze new trails in modernist literature and later in Kumudam.
But, with hunger for literature, he quit the job of stenographer in a tractor company and started work on poems first and gradually moved towards short stories & novels. After completing his studies at Wesley High School, he joined a tractor company TAFE in Chennai for a job like any middle class youth. Despite having a poor relationship with his father due to average academic performance especially Maths, he continued his deep interest in literature with his mother's support. This created a deep interest in Tamil literature which made literature his passion. As a child, he was highly inspired by his mother, who was a Tamil scholar and a Siromani in Sanskrit, used verses of Sangam and other ancient literature to motivate him whenever he was emotionally down.
Balakumaran died at the age of 71 due to prolonged illness in a private hospital on. He was a disciple of Yogi Ramsurat Kumar. They have daughter Gowri and son Venkataraman aka Surya. Balakumaran was born in Pazhamarneri village near Thirukattupalli in Thanjavur district on 5 July 1946.
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