A. Sarvar Allam is a retired tax administrator from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was attracted towards Marxist ideologies when he was young, but as he grew old, he became neutral. However, his concern for the underprivileged continued. He remained a keen observer of political and socio-economic developments around the world. When he was preparing for a speech to a batch of civil service trainees, he came across the 2007 Bill Gates Harvard Commencement address on the importance of reducing inequalities vis-à-vis the achievements made in science and technology. It inspired him to focus on the subject matter of this book. As a government employee, he was officially prohibited from expressing his political views. Hence, he ventured to express his views after retirement. His notable publication on the topic of tax management in Economics and Political Weekly can be accessed via https://www.epw.in/author/sarvar-allam