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A student of economics, politics and law, Vasant Sathe initially practised at the Nagpur High Court. He started his active political career as a member of the youth Congress with the Quit India Movement of 1942, spearheaded by Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and other great leaders of the time. Deeply influenced by Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Netaji Subas Bose and other starwarts of the freedom movement like Acharya Narendra Dev, Achyut Patwardhan, Jayaprakash Narayan, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, Ashok Mehta, Aruna Asaf Ali, S.M. Joshi among others, Sathe threw in his lot with the newly -formed Socialist Party After independence. He remained with it till it split with the exit of Dr. Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan. Sathe was in the group which, under the leadership of Ashok Mehta came back to the Congress, in 1964. He represented India at the UN General Assembly in 1970. He was elected to Parliament in 1972 and had been its member till 1991. He became the Minister of Information & Broadcasting IN MRS. Indira Gandhi's Government in 1980 and Continued as Minister during Rajiv Gandhi's Tenure Till 1989. He has Successfully held different portfolios like Minister for Chemicals and fertilizers, Communication, Steel, Mines and Coal and Energy. He was the President of the Indian Council for Cultural relations. His published books include: Towards Social Revolution: A case for Economic Democracy; Two Swords in One Scabbard; Restructuring of Public Sector in India; Challenge of Change; and national Government-Agenda for new India. He is now proposing a changer in tax structure to achieve economic independence, through his book Tax without Tears.