Hindustan Times
Every time I go to Bhubaneswar, I end up making queries about land rates, hoping I would be able to buy a plot for my post-retirement housing. But each time I return disappointed. Land prices and housing costs in the city have risen so much that the middle class — for whom Bhubaneswar once was a dream city — has been priced out. Read more
(4 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:17 am
Filed under India · Tagged hindustan times, land, mining, navin patnaik, news, Odisha, rajesh mahapatra, shah commission
When a ruling party goes for a ministerial reshuffle closer to the end of its tenure, the exercise is often expected to be tailored to the upcoming elections. Such conventional wisdom, however, appeared to be missing when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the biggest-ever cabinet reshuffle of his time on Sunday. Read more
(4 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 1:37 am
Filed under India · Tagged cabinet reshuffle, Congress, gyan at a glance, hindustan times, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Rajesh Kumar Mahapatra, UPA-II
As the computer was taking time to open my bank account details, the customer care executive chose to chat up. “So you are from Orissa,” he guessed, and that’s not a difficult guess to make — mine is a surname that’s not common to any other state. “There are lots of Maoists there,” he said, as if there was no other description. Well, there has never been a description that has made me feel good about my state. Read more
(14 votes, average: 2.21 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 12:50 am
Filed under India · Tagged 1999 cyclone, gyan at a glance, hindustan times, Maoists, news, Odisha, Orissa, poverty, rajesh mahapatra, starvation
When suspected Taliban militants attacked the Mehran naval base on Sunday night and set off a 17-hour gunfight, India reacted with concerns over safety of the neighbour’s nuclear arsenal. Read more
(15 votes, average: 4.73 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 12:58 am
Filed under India · Tagged Chattisgarh, CRPF, Dantewada, India, Jangalmahal, Maoists, Mehran, naxals, Odisha, safety, security, Taliban, West Bengal
