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42)The Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- Since India celebrates Republic Morning and the chests of an incredible number of Indians swell with pride at the thought of our huge diversity and imagined government prowess it is well to help reflect on what kind of Republic the nation has become. A republican sort of government is not merely one in which the head of condition is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic puts on the idea that sovereignty resides inside the people and that the will of the people as expressed through their very own representatives is supreme. What has however been essential to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion connected with inclusiveness. In this respect the tales that have been coming out of India recently tell a tale that is chill to the bones a tale which often leaves behind a stench that will no amount of sloganeering in relation to Swachh Bharat or even one thing more than a symbolic wielding on the broom can eradicate. In case inclusiveness