His life, in brief.

Shivanand was born in July 1948 in Muzaffarpur, in a house with . He was a teacher and uplifted many by ensuring their mathematics and handwriting are topnotch. He read his newspaper every morning. Newspaper cuttings were a common sight in his room. He dealt with caste as a malice in Indian society. Revered Ambedkar.

A teacher, a voracious reader, a maker of careful sentences. He could talk through topics spanning music, tabla, taal, to history, engineering, law, mythology, spirituality and more. This is a place to sit with what he wrote, and what he meant to us. He was extemely learned, his degrees list required his visiting card creator to change font sizes. He was an Engineer(BE Mechanical, Masters in Engg.), Lawyer(BALLB, registered in Karnataka Bar), was curious about Computers(PGDCA), MBA Inter. Had a photographic memory, with all the hard work he used to put in.