36)A Republic of Inhospitality
India Republic Day -- Because India celebrates Republic Day and the chests of millions of Indians swell with satisfaction at the thought of our tremendous diversity and imagined military prowess it is well to be able to reflect on what kind of Republic the has become. A republican sort of government is not merely one out of which the head of point out is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic puts on the idea that sovereignty resides inside people and that the will of the people as expressed through their very own representatives is supreme. What exactly has however been critical to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion regarding inclusiveness. In this respect the reports that have been coming out of India in recent times tell a tale that is relaxing to the bones a tale which leaves behind a stench that no amount of sloganeering with regards to Swachh Bharat or even anything more than a symbolic wielding with the broom can eradicate. In case inclusiveness...