 There, he became involved in trade union activities and he was expelled from service when he participated in a strike in 1938.Later, he became associated with the "Bharat Seva Sangham" and the "Devadhar Malabar Reconstruction Trust" where he worked alongside K. Kelappan and V. R. Nayanar and was also involved in "Nayanar Balika Sadanam", an orphanage founded by Nayanar in 1942.It was during this time, he joined "Dinaprabha" daily and worked there until 1948.