 In 1955 he was transferred to Kolkata, where he has been living ever since, except for a 3-year spell in Delhi.He retired from the Indian Audits and Accounts Service in 1987..He died in Chennai on 7 September 2014 due to illness.He has written Tamil short story collections namely "Nandriku oru vilai" & "Manitham" and two English short story collections namely "The Peasant and other stories" & "Modern Aesop Fables".