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'DNA Tests Take Time'

'The testing will take time and they have to wait for a few days.' "DNA test is around Rs 25,000 per test," Dr Rajesh Chandrakant Dere tells Rediff's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. PREVIOUS: 'You Cannot......

Where The Victims Of The Kanishka Terror Attack Are Not Forgotten

Names and names and names and names...329 in all.Some Indian. Some Canadian. Some British.Berry. Gupta. Jain. James. Bhatt. Beauchesne. Chatlani. Enayati. Lougheed....Vaihayasi Pande Daniel visits......

'You Cannot Have 100 Per Cent Combusted Bodies'

'There may be 100 per cent burns on the bodies, but the bones, teeth, enamel are very resistant to only that much heat.' "It was not a blast event. It was basically an airplane crashing on a......

When DNA Falls Short...

'If it is a situation where a body is 100 per cent burnt, turned into ashes, then there is a very less chance of getting a DNA sample.' "There is only a rare chance of a body being completely burnt......

'No Need To Search For 100 Per Cent Of The Body'

'If major components of any dead body from which you can retrieve DNA is available, that is enough.' "The more the fragmentation of the body, the lesser the chance of identification," Dr Rajesh......

Exclusive: The Ratan Tata Few Know

Two months after he retired, Ratan Tata remains a personal enigma despite the millions of words written about him. In this exclusive interview with Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, architect......

'It is Starbucks!'

Starbucks opened its coffee shop, ever, with locally sourced and roasted beans, in Mumbai. Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel and photographer Rajesh Karkera were present when the American......

Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs' biographer, on the legend

Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs' biographer, reveals his most memorable interactions with the Apple founder and international legend, in a fascinating chat with Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.......

Exclusive! Zubin Mehta on Ratan Tata

It is a month today since Ratan Tata retired as chairman of Tata Sons.Mr Tata tweeted last week that he is enjoying his retirement and the time he spends with his beloved dogs. Legendary maestro......

Why Indians love to visit London

"Our role is to promote London as the most exciting city on the planet," says James Bidwell, CEO,Visit London. London welcomed 230,000 Indian visitors in 2006.What is more interesting - Indian......

Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a powerful film

The Reluctant Fundamentalist has its cinematic moments but is too simplistic in places, Vaihayasi Pande Daniel writes.Do you know what a janissary is? Before you head out to see the new Mira Nair......

Review: The Attacks of 26/11 gave me a headache

Mr Varma, you were not making a horror film; you were making a film about real lives. Could you not have done it more sensitively, asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, who extensively reported for......

Neighbours Celebrate An Olympic Champion!

Already the first Irish woman to win medals in two Olympics, pride was running high.And then she went for the gold and Diamond Park erupted in thunderous whoops of joy. IMAGE: A neighbourhood......

Dhoni's parents test positive for COVID-19

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's parents Pan and Devki Singh. Photograph: Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff/Files Former India skipper and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's parents have......

Images: World Cup fever engulfs Mumbai

Vaihayasi Pande Daniel checks out the mood in south Mumbai on the eve of the World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka. Pradeep Kaunajia is on a holy pilgrimage. He arrived in Mumbai all the way......