Rajesh Mahapatra was the Chief Content Officer at Hindustan Times. From sports to politics, analytics to economics, he has an interest in everything that makes news. He tweets as @rajeshmahapatra
Articles by Rajesh Mahapatra
Jokes on 1-paise cut in fuel price notwithstanding, govt will have to bite the bullet sooner than it wishes to
Elevated oil prices will mean higher inflation, which, in turn, will add to the pressure on the rupee. Subdued exports growth and rising import costs have already weakened the rupee by more than 6% in the past three months
Updated on May 30, 2018 08:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Mahapatra
Kairana bypoll: In battle of ‘honour’, yearning for social peace shapes political realignment
As the sugar bowl gets ready to vote on May 28, economic distress and growing clarity about the need for social harmony are shaping a new political alliance in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana.
Updated on May 28, 2018 09:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Shamli (UP) | Rajesh Mahapatra
Has Karnataka verdict 2018 unsettled India’s mandate 2014?
The stitching up and the survival of the JD(S)-Congress post-poll coalition has underlined the importance of the Constitution, the need for institutional checks and balances and the urgency for making electoral democracy a meaningful winner. But it has also opened a fresh space to rethink about smaller and regional politics
Updated on May 20, 2018 10:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Mahapatra
Can election-bound India weather the storm that is brewing on the economy?
The triple whammy of a higher inflation, a depreciating rupee and a widening current account deficit comes at a time when India’s economy was gaining steam.
Updated on May 10, 2018 06:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Mahapatra
Has the Congress returned to battleground Odisha?
Rahul Gandhi’s decision to put one of his most trusted aides, Jitendra Singh, in charge of Odisha and appoint Niranjan Patnaik as the chief of the Pradesh Congress Committee seems to have given exactly the shot that the Congress party needed to revive its fortune.
Updated on Apr 23, 2018 11:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Mahapatra
Why the economy can’t be the narrative for Narendra Modi in 2019
The latest consumer confidence survey by the RBI shows the double-whammy of demonetisation and GST is far from over. What is also more clearly revealed is that a growing disconnect is strikingly visible between what people expected and what they actually got.
Updated on Apr 09, 2018 01:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Mahapatra
BJP’s Dalit trouble in UP: There is more than meets the eye
The Dalit MPs of BJP have rebelled against the party for not doing enough to protect their community. All of them are first time MPs from Uttar Pradesh, where the government of Yogi Adityanath has come under attack for discriminating against the Dalits.
Updated on Apr 08, 2018 08:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Mahapatra