 During his years in London, he (along with fellow student K. N. Raj) was active in the India League under V. K. Krishna Menon.He was also the London correspondent of the "Social Welfare Weekly" published by K. M. Munshi.He shared lodgings with K. N. Raj and Veerasamy Ringadoo (who later became the first President of Mauritius); another close friend was Pierre Trudeau (who later became Prime minister of Canada).