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7)A Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- Since India celebrates Republic Moment and the chests of an incredible number of Indians swell with take great pride in at the thought of our astounding diversity and imagined army prowess it is well to reflect on what kind of Republic the actual 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 engraves the idea that sovereignty resides inside the people and that the will of the people as expressed through their own representatives is supreme. What has however been critical to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion associated with inclusiveness. In this respect the reports that have been coming out of India in recent times tell a tale that is chilling to the bones a tale which often leaves behind a stench that will no amount of sloganeering about Swachh Bharat or even a thing more than a symbolic wielding from the broom can eradicate. If inclusive