Sadanand lived with Mahatma Gandhiji for six months in Wardha, when he was 19. Afterwards, he returned to his native and studied Sanskrit, Hindi and other subjects for one year and his uncles as his teacher. He participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was imprisoned for 6 months and kept in Alipuram jail.

After his return from the jail, he worked with Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya, for the AICC, Machilipatnam. Later on he started his own monthly journal and came to Madras and joined Andhra Patrika as a Journalist. He resigned from Andhra Patrika in 1947 and joined as personal staff of Mr.B. Gopala Reddy, the then Finance Minister of the Madras Presidency. After three years he started bookselling with the help of Mr.DAVID GREEN of the MACMILLANS. He opened his bookstore in 1953 called THE PERSONAL BOOKSHOP at the Congress Buildings, where the showroom is located. Till 1977 he was importing Science and Technical Books and was supplying to various libraries all over India. He started his own publishing unit in 1977 called SAMATA BOOKS and so far published 26 titles of which "COMPLETE WORKS OF ADI-SANKARACHAYA" in the Original Sanskrit in 10 Volumes is a Masterpiece.
V.Krishna s/o Late Shri.Sadanand, is now the CEO of Samata Books