"Girish Kuber is the editor of the Marathi daily Loksatta of the Indian Express Group. He is the author of The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation. His forthcoming book is Maha Rashtra: The Making of a Renaissance State. He has written six books in Marathi and lives in Mumbai.“ Subha Pande is a multilingual translator and has translated Kaajal Oza Vaidya’s Krishnayan into English (Eka, 2021), Kavita Kane’s Sita’s Sister and Fisher Queen’s Dynasty into Hindi. She has also translated six novellas and a short story collection by Sivasankari into English. Subha is also a certified yoga instructor. She lives in Vadodara with her writer husband, Vikrant Pande.“"
<p>"A translation of Girish Kuber’s Yuddha Jivanche, this book explores the history of biological and chemical warfare and weapons development. It takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey from historical times to the present.</p><p>The Invisible Enemy opens our eyes to how multinational companies and developed nations are working to create some of the most dangerous viruses and biological weapons which can destroy humanity.</p><p>Chemical and pharma companies have also been the producers of weapons of mass destruction and benefitted from it-be it BASF which produced chemical weapons in World War I, or ICI, the British chemical company which produced a chemical causing blindness. Sandoz, another company, produced LSD, which was part of a chemical warfare project. The British used opium to create drug addicts in the Afghan war.</p><p>The Invisible Enemy is a timely reminder, and hopefully a wake-up call, to humankind that is fast hurtling towards its own destruction."</p>
