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35)Some sort of Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- Because India celebrates Republic Day and the chests of countless Indians swell with satisfaction at the thought of our immens e diversity and imagined army prowess it is well for you to reflect on what kind of Republic the nation has become. A republican form of government is not merely one out of which the head of point out is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic engraves the idea that sovereignty resides in the people and that the will of the people as expressed through their representatives is supreme. Just what has however been critical to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion associated with inclusiveness. In this respect the tales that have been coming out of India lately tell a tale that is relaxing to the bones a tale that leaves behind a stench which no amount of sloganeering concerning Swachh Bharat or even something more than a symbolic wielding in the broom can eradicate. If inclusiveness is the touchstone of the Repub