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28)The Republic of Inhospitality

India Republic Day -- Since India celebrates Republic Day and the chests of a lot of Indians swell with satisfaction at the thought of our huge diversity and imagined government prowess it is well in order to reflect on what kind of Republic the has become. A republican type 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 in the people and that the will of the testers as expressed through their own representatives is supreme. Precisely what has however been crucial to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion involving inclusiveness. In this respect the tales that have been coming out of India in recent times tell a tale that is chilling to the bones a tale which will leaves behind a stench that will no amount of sloganeering concerning Swachh Bharat or even some thing more than a symbolic wielding from the broom can eradicate. When inclusiveness is the touch