All stories by Vaihayasi Pande Daniel
Omicron: What Mask Should I Wear?
Rediff.com29 Nov 2021'Every time you put on a mask and take the mask off and adjust the fit, you are putting additional fatigue on the materials.'
Sputnik vaccine shows 92% efficacy
Rediff.com27 Nov 2021'A good 30 per cent of people will still get infected after getting the Covishield vaccine.'
'Covid variants arise because of our stupidity'
Rediff.com27 Nov 2021'The virus is constantly, constantly making mistakes when it replicates.' 'When the virus has accumulated enough mistakes, then it becomes now a variant and it behaves differently.'
9/11: 20 Years Later, A Father Mourns A Dead Son
Rediff.com22 Nov 2021Dates like 9/11 should never be allowed to pass by forgotten because terrorism is not to be borne, inhumanity is not to borne.
'Cheese is a slow food. You need patience. It's not that it's going to happen overnight'
Rediff.com18 Nov 2021When the Indian brunost bravely ventured into the international cheese arena in Spain, along with 4,000 others from 45 countries, before 230 judges, its sterling desi pedigree spoke for itself, winning a silver in the brown cheese category and giving India a berth on the global cheese map.
'All the vaccines, so far, seem to be protecting from severe illness'
Rediff.com9 Nov 2021'The immune protection may well wane somewhat, and that's what we have to monitor.' 'Should it wane to the point where vaccinated individuals are getting severe disease, then we really will need to give them booster shots and that'll apply regardless of what vaccine they've got the first time.'
'Vaccine Must Go To Older People First'
Rediff.com9 Nov 2021'At the current time, we should be vaccinating all those who are potentially going to get more severe illness, before we start vaccinating very young individuals.'
Colonel Raja Chari Is Ready for Space
Rediff.com30 Oct 2021On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United States Air Force colonel.
'Corbett Park is a part of our history. We can't tamper with history'
Rediff.com18 Oct 2021'Jim Corbett was a remarkable man. There's a history behind Corbett and he deserves the honour of the area being the Jim Corbett National Park.'
'India might not have a third wave'
Rediff.com6 Oct 2021'Between its natural immunity with Delta, in so many populations, and then getting on top of the vaccination (situation), I do not think India is going to have another bad wave.'
'When virus is still circulating, older people are more at risk'
Rediff.com6 Oct 2021'We lost our place in being first in the epidemic, when it hit India so hard, but we were actually the epicentre of the epidemic from essentially April 2020, for almost an entire year. We had such high cases. We were the country that had the most mixed response.'
'Immunity will get us through Covid'
Rediff.com24 Sep 2021'Vaccination is the only safe way to get immunity.'
Mumbai Diaries 26/11 review
Rediff.com11 Sep 2021What was the need to fictionalise a series on real events that were far more horrific because they were real? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
'Parsi lifestyle is not going to die away in a hurry'
Rediff.com16 Aug 2021'Parsis are brought up with a great sense of the importance of truth and speaking your mind.'
'Vaccine shortage can't be blamed on Adar Poonawalla'
Rediff.com16 Aug 2021'It was unfair to expect him to continue to keep on supplying vaccines without being given a firm commitment or a financial grant of any sort.'
'Everything is dependent on Ratan Tata'
Rediff.com11 Aug 2021'I think Ratan felt he had to do everything that he could to retain control of the company started by his forefathers, because that was the first priority and nothing else mattered compared to that.'
'It's a viral pandemic with a diabetes pandemic'
Rediff.com10 Aug 2021'COVID-19 and diabetes have a very intricate relationship.' 'People with diabetes tend to get the most severe forms of COVID-19.'
'Normalcy is far away'
Rediff.com10 Aug 2021'If the government has not listened to scientists, it must.' 'It's obvious that this is a science-driven campaign (fight), a science-driven situation.' 'We cannot afford to ignore the science.'
'Cyrus was a very sincere man'
Rediff.com9 Aug 2021'And he was really trying just to do the best by the shareholders, and by the laws of India.'
'If we want to escape future waves, we need more and more vaccination
Rediff.com30 Jul 2021'Wherever the Delta variant is spreading, and the population is not vaccinated, there is death and devastation.'