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30)A new Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- While India celebrates Republic Day time and the chests of a lot of Indians swell with pride at the thought of our enormous diversity and imagined armed service prowess it is well to reflect on what kind of Republic the actual has become. A republican form of government is not merely one in which the head of state is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic engraves the idea that sovereignty resides in the people and that the will of the testers as expressed through their representatives is supreme. Just what has however been vital to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion involving inclusiveness. In this respect the reports that have been coming out of India nowadays tell a tale that is chill to the bones a tale which leaves behind a stench which no amount of sloganeering concerning Swachh Bharat or even something more than a symbolic wielding from the broom can eradicate. In the event inclusiveness is the touchstone of your Republic w