Rajaji was proud of India. He had studied deeply the history of India, its literature and culture. His pride was rooted in this knowledge. He always thought of the welfare of the country. He worked for it in several ways. He practiced the teachings of Gandhiji. Gandhiji had told his followers that it was not enough to fight against the British, their sacred task included hard work for developing our motherland, Rajaji always wore Khadi, and never failed to spin even in prison. He set up and ran a Gandhi Ashram in a village called Pudupalayam. He supplied. Spinning wheels and cottons not only to those in the Ashram but also to people in the villages around. He made arrangements for the sale of the yarn spun by the villagers. There was a school in the Ashram. Quite often Rajaji was found teaching in the classes. His son, who was a doctor, attended on the people in the Ashram and the villages nearby. Rajaji periodically visited the villages. He arranged Jor the 
digging of wells. He advised people to give up liquor. He started bee keeping in the Ashram and taught people to earn money in this way. He was convinced that the two great evils of Indian society were drinking and Untouchability, so he fought against them tirelessly when he was in power and later too. He was also responsible for starting over two hundred co-operatives.