All stories by VAIHAYASI PANDE DANIEL
Karti Chidambaram raises interest in the Sheena Bora trial
Rediff.com6 Mar 2018TRPs have a better affinity for Karti Chidambaram and his alleged timely assistance to INX Media, the company Peter and Indrani once ran, than the more recent murder of a 25-year-old woman.
Sheena Bora Trial: The case of the missing CDRs
Rediff.com24 Jan 2018Judge Jagdale, with a severe expression shadowing his face, looked sharply at Manoj Patil, Airtel's nodal officer, and told him plainly: "It is difficult to digest what you are saying (about) giving call data, but not giving call timings and durations."
Sheena Bora Trial: Were the driver's call records tampered with?
Rediff.com20 Jan 2018'Could the Khar police and the CBI have tinkered with the driver's call data records?' 'And did their fiddling with the information not make it that they were tampering with the lives of people that were in the balance as a result of this case?'
When Moshe and Netanyahu visited Moshe's old home
Rediff.com19 Jan 2018'The Indian and Israeli rabbis were singing a small departure song for brave little Moshe, who had spent many, likely, heartbreaking but bittersweet hours at this home of his babyhood, looking at the drawings his mother had made for him, that were still up in his room.'
Sheena Bora Trial: The driver says bye
Rediff.com10 Jan 2018Tuesday was the last that Courtroom 51 saw of Shyamvar Rai, accused No 3 and approver in the Sheena Bora murder trial. True to form, Rai's final hours in the witness box were rather acrimonious. His cross-examination at several points turned downright ugly.
Sheena Bora Trial: Where will Indrani wear her new shoes?
Rediff.com5 Jan 2018A mere pair of shoes sets off the kind of harsh condemnation Indrani draws in these corridors of justice. That she being a woman who killed her daughter -- never mind that she is an undertrial and the crime has not yet been proven -- apart from making her an object of curiosity, also makes her, by perception, more evil than the men that flood these corridors, facing trial for similar or worse crimes.
'Thank god, we escaped': A survivor's story
Rediff.com30 Dec 2017'Women were the victims because it was a ladies night.' 'Whichever club you go to in Mumbai it has the same entry, same exit points except for very few which is very rare.'
'Most fire victims were taken to hospital in taxis'
Rediff.com29 Dec 2017'There were few injury marks, (so) no stampede.'
Malegaon blast case: Anticipation, anxiety, relief...
Rediff.com28 Dec 2017Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports on all the action that unfolded at the NIA court hearing the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
The man Putin fears most
Rediff.com26 Dec 2017Vaihayasi Pande Daniel glances at the life and political career of Alexey Navalny who has been banned from challenging Vladimir Putin in Russia's presidential election.
'Lot of positives happening in the economy now'
Rediff.com23 Dec 2017'This year's Budget didn't give into populist measures everyone was expecting after demonetisation, so I think that was a positive step.' 'Hopefully the Budget will continue in the way it has been.'
'Entrepreneurs not only shape but create the future'
Rediff.com23 Dec 2017Five inspiring women who travelled thousands of miles to Hyderabad recently to grow their business and skills share their tales of global entrepreneurship. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel listened in.
'I would love to see a weak rupee'
Rediff.com22 Dec 2017'Obviously, there is always an argument that a weaker rupee could push up, to some, extent exports.' 'The fact that the rupee has appreciated against the Chinese currency is pushing a lot of Chinese imports into the Indian market.'
'Recovery could be a couple of quarters away'
Rediff.com13 Dec 2017'There are a lot of positive things these reforms are bringing about and it is only a matter of some quarters before the growth rate picks up momentum.' 'Until then we need to be a little bit patient.'
'You have to give very good credit to Modi'
Rediff.com13 Dec 2017'The government and the RBI have been playing a very good part in terms of inflation management.'
Sheena Bora Trial: The Elusive Mr Rai
Rediff.com12 Dec 2017In the 25 odd days that he has appeared before CBI Special Judge Jayendra Chandrasen Jagdale, you have experienced the entire range of emotions just observing him. Everything from pity to irritation. To bafflement. And shock. You have scoured his face, gazed into his eyes, watched his expressions and body language, searching vigilantly for motives. And come away no wiser. Who is Shyamvar Rai? Does anybody know?
Sheena Bora Trial: 'Indrani Mukerjea has no hand in this murder'
Rediff.com9 Dec 2017Indrani, radiant in an immaculate white and gold salwar-kurta that matched the moment, her hair open, a bindi gleaming on her forehead, beamed placidly, fully enjoying this small minute of victory.
Sheena Bora trial: Was the driver lying?
Rediff.com8 Dec 2017Trepidation made its home firmly on his face on Thursday, announcing its presence with lines of anxiety and the repeated jumpy widening of his eyes.
Why ISIS fascinates young Muslims
Rediff.com1 Dec 2017'It is important to destroy, to undermine, to debunk the narrative of ISIS,' Olivier Roy -- one of the world's leading experts on radical Islam -- tells Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel in an exclusive interview.
'Terrorists don't come from India's Muslims'
Rediff.com1 Dec 2017'They are not affected by ISIS' sentiment of avenging the suffering of the global ummah.' 'They have a huge ummah of their own in India, a huge Muslim population.' 'And because of that, they have to take into consideration the political and social conditions of Muslims in India.' 'They have to express themselves in a more political way and not through terrorism.'