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46)Any Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- Since India celebrates Republic Day time and the chests of a lot of Indians swell with satisfaction at the thought of our tremendous diversity and imagined navy prowess it is well in order to reflect on what kind of Republic the actual has become. A republican type of government is not merely one out of which the head of status is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic rests on the idea that sovereignty resides inside the people and that the will of the testers as expressed through all their representatives is supreme. Precisely what has however been critical to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion of inclusiveness. In this respect the testimonies that have been coming out of India in recent times tell a tale that is chill to the bones a tale which will leaves behind a stench that no amount of sloganeering regarding Swachh Bharat or even a thing more than a symbolic wielding of the broom can eradicate. In case inclusiveness is the t