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38)Some sort of Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- While India celebrates Republic Morning and the chests of millions of Indians swell with pleasure at the thought of our immens e diversity and imagined government prowess it is well to reflect on what kind of Republic the nation has become. A republican sort of government is not merely one out of which the head of status is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic puts on the idea that sovereignty resides inside people and that the will of the testers as expressed through their representatives is supreme. Exactly what has however been crucial to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion of inclusiveness. In this respect the tales that have been coming out of India nowadays tell a tale that is relaxing to the bones a tale which usually leaves behind a stench this no amount of sloganeering regarding Swachh Bharat or even anything more than a symbolic wielding on the broom can eradicate. When inclusiveness is the touchstone of the Republic wh