Abdur Rahman, a member of the Indian Police Service (IPS), has worked for more than twenty-two years in different positions across Maharashtra. Belonging to a small village in Bihar, he obtained a B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. His previous books Sachar ki Sifarishein (Recommendations of Sachar) in Hindi (2012), and Denial and Deprivation: Indian Muslims after the Sachar Committee and Ranganath Mishra Commission Reports (2019) were widely acclaimed. He writes and also gives lectures on a wide range of social, educational, political and contemporary?issues.?He?resigned?from?the?service?in?December?2019.