Halfway through his studies, he was captivated by the ideas of the Indian Independence movement and attended a meeting of the Indian National Congress for the first time in December 1914 in Madras. After completing high school he enrolled in the renowned Pachaiyappa's College in Madras to study English literature. Sundaram took an early interest in literature and poetry, and developed a passion for the English language. Sundaram's father Annaswamy Iyer, an advocate, hailed from the nearby village of Vellalore and, as customary in Tamil Nadu, Sundaram's name included the place of origin and the father's name (hence Vellalore Annaswamy or V. A.
Sundaram was born in the South Indian city of Coimbatore to a family of orthodox Tamil Brahmins tracing their ancestry back to the 16th century Sanskrit scholar Appayya Dikshita.
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