Paul, he flew United States in 1924 and studied theology at Pacific School of Religion,[3] Berkeley, California.
[1][2][4] Upon his return to India in 1931, he was absorbed as a professor of philosophy and religions at United Theological College, Bangalore for seventeen years[3] between 1932 and 1949.
[1][2] While working at CISRS, he along with M. M. Thomas, an associate and then-Chairman of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, edited Religion and Society, a journal, which was published by CISRS to initiate and provoke a dialogue between Christians and people of other faiths - this journal contributed by him has been described as a preparatory steps for a dialogue, as the conversations among people of different faiths were mostly controversies or monologues, during that time.
He spent most of his lifetime working for YMCA and fighting for the missionary establishment; his views on how the Indian Christian community could fit into the national ethos became predominant in the post-missionary era.
He initiated dialogues with leaders of other religious communities, based in a faith that Christ didn't limit his work to the church alone.
[1]He authored a number of books, notably, The Concept of Maya in 1950 and The Gospel and Renascent Hinduism in 1959; however, his name usually appears as an editor along with M.M.