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46)Some sort of Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- As India celebrates Republic Morning and the chests of an incredible number of Indians swell with pleasure at the thought of our enormous diversity and imagined army prowess it is well for you to reflect on what kind of Republic the has become. A republican form of government is not merely one out of which the head of express is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic engraves the idea that sovereignty resides inside people and that the will of the people as expressed through all their representatives is supreme. Precisely what has however been critical to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion involving inclusiveness. In this respect the reports that have been coming out of India in recent times tell a tale that is chill to the bones a tale which usually leaves behind a stench which no amount of sloganeering about Swachh Bharat or even a thing more than a symbolic wielding from the broom can eradicate. If inclusiveness is the touchsto