I was always interested in Indian philosophical issues. There is a close affinity between Tamil language and Saiva Siddhanta philosophy. In the year 1966 I was asked to write an article comparing western and Indian philosophy by the editor of this journal Rao Sahib N. Murugesa Mudaliar, a competent writer in both Tamil and English languages. This article by me gives an idea of what I brought back from Oxford philosophy I studied.