All stories by Vaihayasi Pande Daniel
'My mum was worried I was going to be killed'
Rediff.com21 Dec 2023'They had been locked up for 17 days and the door was opened and they're like, 'We're not going on one of these stretcher things. We're out of here'!' 'Then someone says, 'They're all out!' 'They are all safe?' 'Yes, they're all safe'.' 'I am like aaaaahhh. I cried happy tears.'
'Things are done in India that look chaotic. But it's not chaotic at all'
Rediff.com21 Dec 2023'I've never seen such cooperation before. Problem solving. Everyone working together. And truthful.' 'Someone from the prime minister's office was there the entire time, at the table, one of the team.' 'Now you have to figure out how to get them out. And I'm just gonna sit here patiently.' 'But if you annoy me, I could actually ruin the whole game for you and for the people in here, which is the avalanche'.
The Crown Review: Appropriate Finale
Rediff.com19 Dec 2023After the debacle of the first episodes of Season 6, the latter half give an even-handed treatment to intriguing not-so-well-known events of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, observes Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
'We're going to bring these kids home'
Rediff.com14 Dec 2023'I would put my hand in the ground and have a little listen to what the mountain was doing.' 'Actually, it was still collapsing.' 'And there was a very real possibility that at some stage, without warning, the collapse could continue -- and continue across us, the people who were doing the rescue and also across to the men on the other side, who were being rescued.'
'Chandrayaan demonstrates the skill of India, and its people'
Rediff.com8 Dec 2023'ISRO's style is a terrific example of being able to survive, acknowledge failures, and then most importantly of all, learn from them to ensure that subsequent missions are successful.'
'We are looking at flying an Indian into space'
Rediff.com8 Dec 2023'It's vital that over the next 10 years, that India, the US and the Artemis Accords family of nations come together to ensure that we not only return humanity to the moon, but that we build the technology that will allow us stay there permanently.' 'And then go on to Mars.'
The Crown Has Lost Its Way
Rediff.com21 Nov 2023Was descending into the telling of only Diana's tale in four long, slightly-draggy soap-opera-ish episodes of the last season the original premise of The Crown? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
'Air pollution can lead to cancer'
Rediff.com17 Nov 2023'If you keep on irritating the body by allowing all kinds of pollutants to get into it, the body cells are going to get irritated and cancer will come.'
'Air Pollution Leads To Type 2 Diabetes'
Rediff.com17 Nov 2023'Pollution acts as an endocrine disruptor.' 'When it acts as an endocrine disruptor it has an effect on the endocrine system of the human body and the effect on the pancreas is an important one.' 'The way you get type two diabetes is due to two defects.' 'One is the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin.' 'The other physiological defect is insulin resistance.'
'She called to say goodbye'
Rediff.com23 Oct 2023'We could hear from the phone the bombing and the shooting and the Arab screaming.'
''Madam, we want to salute you with flowers and cake'
Rediff.com11 Oct 2023'Society deals with you the way they do, or forms an opinion, depending on if your family is with you every step of the way.'
On The Scent Of A Laddu
Rediff.com21 Sep 2023It should have been much easier to find this farsan maker's premises given the number of two-wheelers that stream up to this address the day before Ganesh Chaturthi to collect armfuls of bags of laddus, chuda and other kind of chatpata namkeen stuff.
Sheena Bora Case Drags On, Indrani Moves On
Rediff.com11 Sep 2023Indrani is in a buoyant and energetic frame of mind these days -- in a full-on Mood Positive. She has a tell-all book titled Unbroken out, that she terms as an 'eet ka jawab kalam se' and appears in media interviews all over the place, when she is not kick-boxing, doing yoga, or travelling, visiting temples, or floating in shikaras on Srinagar's Dal Lake.
How Young Doctors Fought For A Child's Life Mid-Air
Rediff.com4 Sep 2023The child's mom continued to sob and pray. The Vistara staff was valiantly standing by offering as much assistance as they were capable of.
'We just saved a child's life!'
Rediff.com4 Sep 2023'After 11 years of medical education, training in various hospitals, giving various competitive exams and finally, if you're able to save a child's life at 20,000 feet above the ground, in the air, with limited resources, that is like an unbelievable feeling.'
'What Gives Me Hope About India Is...'
Rediff.com24 Aug 2023'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.'
'Modi is almost certain to be re-elected...'
Rediff.com3 Jul 2023'Although perhaps not with a greater majority, and maybe even a slightly reduced majority in the Lok Sabha.'
'Modi is almost certain to be re-elected...'
Rediff.com3 Jul 2023'Although perhaps not with a greater majority, and maybe even a slightly reduced majority in the Lok Sabha.'
'If US has a conflict with China, where's India going to be?'
Rediff.com3 Jul 2023'And if the United States, at that time, perceives India to have welched on the deal, not been our friend, when we did so much to make it a friend, that's trouble.'
'How would America respond if China invades India?'
Rediff.com29 Jun 2023'India will want a lot of help from the US, but it's not going to want US troops.'