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39)A new Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- Seeing that India celebrates Republic Moment and the chests of numerous Indians swell with delight at the thought of our tremendous diversity and imagined army prowess it is well in order to reflect on what kind of Republic the has become. A republican way of government is not merely one out of which the head of condition is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic rests on the idea that sovereignty resides in the people and that the will of the people as expressed through their representatives is supreme. What exactly has however been vital to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion associated with inclusiveness. In this respect the experiences that have been coming out of India recently tell a tale that is chilling to the bones a tale which usually leaves behind a stench in which no amount of sloganeering regarding Swachh Bharat or even one thing more than a symbolic wielding in the broom can eradicate. In the event that inclusiveness