V Sivaramakrishnan M A Indian Economic Service Retd was the Associate Editor of Bhavans Journal during 1983 - 2000 The Bhavan published three of his books viz The African Mind Kanchi Mahaswami on poets and poetry and Shyams Mother besides prescribing his compilation The Cultural Heritage of India for its students The last mentioned book on culture has now been revised and re-written in an enlarged form under the title Indian Culture as the Song of the Spirit - An Introduction - published by the Birla Foundation in co-operation with the Bhavans Bangalore branch During 2001 - 2004 V S R K was closely associated with the Encyclopedia of Hinduism sponsored by the Indian Heritage Research Foundation Rishikesh He edits a Mumbai quarterly journal Dilip Shyams mother is the outcome of V S R K s admiration of Sane Guruji as a patriot and passionate love of Marathi Wbich he studied during 1969 - 76 while serving in Goa as a Government Officer