35)A Republic of Inhospitality
India Republic Day -- Seeing that India celebrates Republic Day and the chests of an incredible number of Indians swell with delight at the thought of our huge diversity and imagined armed service prowess it is well to reflect on what kind of Republic the particular has become. A republican way 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 inside people and that the will of the people as expressed through all their representatives is supreme. What exactly has however been essential 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 years tell a tale that is chill to the bones a tale which often leaves behind a stench which no amount of sloganeering about Swachh Bharat or even some thing more than a symbolic wielding of the broom can eradicate. In the event inclusiveness is