Tag: Democracy

By Rattan Khushiram

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

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?

Could 2019 promise less crimes, less than 100 deaths on our roads, less drug abuse…? We doubt it. And there would be no World Cup, no Olympics, no

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We are misunderstanding the nature of education. We are misunderstanding how individuals relate to society. Can education be valued by what we earn? What price on literacy? What

What state should you move to based on your personality? What character on “Downton Abbey” would you be? What breed of dog is best for you? Some enormous

If the young new candidates with forward-looking ideas live up to their promises, perhaps the new dawn we are all hoping for may yet come to be

Letter from New Delhi The answer: meritocracy – Osho

The concept of democracy in countries which are defined as democracies arises as a compelling question every time political events in major democratic countries unearth undemocratic practices. Democracy

For democracy to survive we need the solidarity of all our fellow citizens Thinking back to the way we imagined our democracy in the 1960s, we had imagined

The United Kingdom adopted the referendum as a political tool to assess the wish of its citizens as to its membership in the European Union on 24 June

* ‘“If there is one thing I am certain about, it is the gradual impoverishment of the middle classes in Mauritius, leaving behind a tiny elite and a

Does the Presidential system spawn the new all-powerful ‘monarchs’ and Animal Farm Napoleons of our time? Have we come full circle? Thank goodness we opted for and stuck