Niccolo Machiavelli is viewed as the advocate of the black art of power as a goal in itself

Shops and malls remain well-stocked despite backbreaking inflation

Freedom was in his blood and bones

Locke conceded the right of rebellion only in the extreme eventuality of personal life being perilously endangered

That is one reason why man, religion and philosophy have put to eternal question

There is no common ground where communal harmony and enrichment are ensured

The social society must evolve a collective consensus to evolve ground rules to guard and promote the summum bonum

Future of democracy hinges on consensus rather than further polarisation

Demand represented a large gap between tribal values of justice and state perceptions

An elected Prime Minister was disqualified for not receiving unreceivables