Nepal, Feb. 19 -- If Prime Minister Oli wants to make the country prosperous on the foundation of corruption and misrule, he will surely fail

An eminent British historian Lord Acton once said "Power corrupts; but absolute power corrupts absolutely" in response to the absolute power held by the contemporary politicians. This theory leads to extreme pessimism and a radical scepticism in politics. An Irish dramatist, critic and political activist, George Bernard Shah, came up with different thought. He said "Power does not corrupt; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power." This holds true to power and corruption in Nepal.

American sociologist C Wright Mills introduced the concept of 'power elite' in 1956 to unde...