He was a friend of the nationalist poet Subramania Bharathi and under his influence become an independence activist.
At the insistence of C. Rajagopalachari he started reading Tamil literature and it soon became his primary field of expertise.
He also published a journal titled Grama Paribalanam (lit.
At Kalki Krishnamurthy's invitation he joined Ananda Vikatan.
He ended his journalistic career as the editor of Dina Mani.