Tag: Aristotle

‘What we have achieved in our small “island in the sun” is due to great men leading by example’

Politics is about appearances as much as policy. But it’s possible to make an informed judgment about political leaders, if we know what to look for

Aristotle believed that the biggest and most widespread source of political tension is the struggle between the haves and the have-nots. More than 2,000 years later, he’s got

Editorial

Mauritius also does not need a system where an unpopular monarch is replaced by another strongman with quasi absolute powers

By Niranjana KarthigaiRajan

Why do people become politicians? Is politics about obtaining and wielding power? Or is it about ideals, about a commitment of altruistic service to the people?

The defining characteristic of the Republic is that it is composed of citizens who enjoy equal and inalienable rights and all the citizens make up the nation

At the rate that we are going in Mauritius, perhaps only state intervention can help in the redistribution of wealth, though not ‘à la Mugabe’ as in Zimbabwe,