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11)Any Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- Since India celebrates Republic Moment and the chests of an incredible number of Indians swell with pleasure at the thought of our huge diversity and imagined military prowess it is well to be able to reflect on what kind of Republic the particular has become. A republican kind of government is not merely one in which the head of state is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic rests on the idea that sovereignty resides within the people and that the will of the people as expressed through all their representatives is supreme. Precisely what has however been crucial 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 in recent years tell a tale that is chilling to the bones a tale which usually leaves behind a stench that will no amount of sloganeering regarding Swachh Bharat or even one thing more than a symbolic wielding in the broom can eradicate. In t