Ip Bajpai – Author, NDTV.com

Blog: How To Feed People During Lockdown. Hint - Polling Stations

IP Bajpai | Wednesday March 25, 2020

Last night, the prime minister was forced to send the nation into shutdown after it became clear that as people, we were incapable of any voluntary discipline.

Blog: Can India Stop A Pandemic From Becoming Pandemonium?

IP Bajpai | Wednesday March 18, 2020

"Be prepared" is the motto of scouts. Unfortunately, most governments, from China to the US, have ignored this and their people are suffering the tremendous onslaught of the Coronavirus.

Blog: Joe Biden Could Be Unbeatable After Today's Primaries

IP Bajpai | Tuesday March 10, 2020

If the results in the US presidential primaries tomorrow morning confirm what opinion polls are saying, the Democratic race may well be over, with former Vice President Joe Biden heading to being anointed the party's candidate to try and topple President Donald Trump.

Blog: As Budget 2020 Sinks In, The Most Taxing Question Of All

IP Bajpai | Monday February 03, 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made everyone miss lunch with a Budget speech that lasted more than two and half hours. In that time she gave us a fix for everything from agricultural to gene banks, so much so that she ran out of steam and couldn't finish last two pages.

Blog: Shaheen Bagh Becomes BJP's Ammo For Delhi Polls. Budget Is A Bonus

IP Bajpai | Thursday January 30, 2020

Today's shooting at Jamia Millia Islamia by a man who had posted "Shaheen Bagh, game over," shows high tensions have begun to run in Delhi.

Blog: Why Arvind Kejriwal's Odd-Even Plan Is Completely Fake

IP Bajpai | Monday November 04, 2019

It's petty politics and not fighting pollution. That is why Delhi NCR and much of north India is struggling to breathe. And all the players are equally to blame as they try, cleverly (or so they think), and pass the buck. Add to the cauldron a Delhi election around the corner and you can be sure it isn't concern for your health that is driving the politics of fighting...

Blog: Is Modi Moving Mamata Banerjee's Cheese In Bengal?

IP Bajpai | Saturday May 18, 2019

The Modi-Shah plan is to do a Mamata on Mamata and topple the Trinamool using strategy similar to that for the CPM -- with two major differences. One, strong Hindutva, and two, the power and the money of a party in power at the centre.

Blog: In Bihar, Nitish Seems To Be Riding Modi’s Coattails

IP Bajpai | Thursday May 16, 2019

Nitish Kumar, despite getting the BJP to give him an equal number of seats to contest in Bihar (17), looks like he is hanging on to Modi's coattails.

Blog: BJP's Real Election Begins Now. Look At The Numbers.

IP Bajpai | Saturday April 27, 2019

The key battle of course will be fought in Central and Eastern UP, where the BJP+ in 2014 swept 50 of the 54 seats but faces the challenge of the BSP-SP alliance and, separately, the Congress in an area where the opposition parties are stronger.

Blog: As Karnataka Votes, BJP vs Congress Alliance - The Numbers

IP Bajpai | Monday April 22, 2019

Like anywhere in India, how people vote in Karnataka is complicated by other factors, caste being the most dominant, especially in non-urban areas.

Blog: Two Big Verdicts - Rafale And Delay Of Modi And Other Biopics

IP Bajpai | Thursday April 11, 2019

Just when there was increasing apprehension about the impartiality of many of our institutions, two of them have given orders that should for a while temper the fears. Yesterday, the Supreme Court in theRafale case made a pair of very strong points in its judgement, upholding the freedom of the press to publish "secret" government documents and agreeing that these doc...

Opinion: Look At KCR And Jagan's Numbers. And You See Why They Matter

IP Bajpai | Saturday April 06, 2019

The headline on the Telegana and Andhra Pradesh elections from a national perspective is the Federal Front, which is the dream of the current Chief Minister and strongman of Telengana, K Chandrasekhar Rao( KCR), who sees this non-BJP, non-Congress coalition as the third force in Indian politics, with him moving from effectively being the Nizam of Hyderabad to a star o...

Blog: Elections Come And Go, When Will The Poor Win?

IP Bajpai | Friday March 29, 2019

It is not that there hasn't been visible change in the villages of India. Almost all villages have 18 hours or more of electricity, some access to water, latrines, many villagers have gas and a few even have pucca houses. But the fact is, real poverty hasn't disappeared.

Blog: In Western UP, "Modi-<i>ji</i>" Triumphs Over Public Anger, Ifs And Buts

Blog: In Western UP, "Modi-ji" Triumphs Over Public Anger, Ifs And Buts

IP Bajpai | Tuesday March 12, 2019

If the BJP holds its ground here, then it is back with a bang; a minor slip and the party can still cobble together a coalition with support from outside the NDA as it stands; a big drop and the BJP could be staring at a bleak future.

Blog: The Biggest Error That This Budget Made

IP Bajpai | Saturday February 02, 2019

Probably no previous Budget has tried to give so much to so many in such a short time. From farmers to drivers, domestics to handloom weavers, from the huge tribe of nomads to 3 crore middle class people, the budget has seemingly something for everyone.

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