The author, Sanjeev Doshi, an industrialist, is an IIT graduate and has a Master’s degree in Business Management. At the age of 60 plus, he studied Jainism, Sanskrit, Sankhya and Patanjali Yoga philosophical schools and also did short courses on Vedic literature, Vedanta, Bhakti and Mythology, amongst a few others. Having an analytical mind, he enjoyed the philosophical teachings of Jainism (he himself is a Jain) and wanted to show the Jains, how at most places, Jain philosophical tenets score over the other philosophical schools of India (the author calls them gems) but at the same time he wanted to highlight a few wrong detailing (the author calls them aberrations) which have sneaked into the great Jain religion. The book therefore highlights the many gems of Jain system and also points out a few aberrations.
The author also details the Jain Philosophy and  (code of conduct), to make the book complete, even for the first-time learners of Jainism. The details are presented in such a way to appeal to the rational minds of the youth as well as the discerning mind of the scholars and the older generation.
The Sadhak (a spiritual aspirant) who is interested in the book should at first, quickly go through the short chapter on ‘Purpose and the Structure’ of the book, to understand, what the book is all about.