The author, Eeswarapragada Haribabu, has been a chartered accountant in practice in Khammam City in the state of Telangana for the last 34 years. He was qualified C.A in 1985 and completed his degree in law from Kakathiya University in 1990. Later on he completed a PG level course in alternative dispute resolution, conducted by NALSAR University in Vijayawada. He is also an active social worker. He formed an association for the prevention of suicides by farmers in Andhra Pradesh in 1995, having been moved by the plight of small and marginal farmers who were committing suicide. He visited several bereaved families to console them and also rendered financial help for their immediate needs.