24)Any Republic of Inhospitality
India Republic Day -- While India celebrates Republic Time and the chests of countless Indians swell with satisfaction at the thought of our huge diversity and imagined government prowess it is well to reflect on what kind of Republic the country has become. A republican form of government is not merely one out of which the head of point out is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic rests on the idea that sovereignty resides inside people and that the will of the testers as expressed through 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 tales that have been coming out of India lately tell a tale that is chilling to the bones a tale which leaves behind a stench this no amount of sloganeering regarding Swachh Bharat or even anything more than a symbolic wielding of the broom can eradicate. In case inclusiveness is the touchstone of your Republi