25)Any Republic of Inhospitality
India Republic Day -- While India celebrates Republic Day and the chests of countless Indians swell with delight at the thought of our enormous diversity and imagined military prowess it is well to help reflect on what kind of Republic the nation has become. A republican type of government is not merely one out of which the head of status is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic puts on the idea that sovereignty resides within the people and that the will of the testers as expressed through their representatives is supreme. Exactly what has however been vital to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion associated with inclusiveness. In this respect the testimonies that have been coming out of India in recent years tell a tale that is chilling to the bones a tale which will leaves behind a stench in which no amount of sloganeering concerning Swachh Bharat or even one thing more than a symbolic wielding from the broom can eradicate. In the event inclusiveness...