3)A new Republic of Inhospitality
India Republic Day -- Seeing that India celebrates Republic Day and the chests of a lot of Indians swell with delight at the thought of our huge diversity and imagined navy prowess it is well for you to reflect on what kind of Republic the actual has become. A republican type of government is not merely one in which the head of state is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic engraves the idea that sovereignty resides in the people and that the will of the people as expressed through their very own representatives is supreme. Precisely what has however been crucial to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion regarding inclusiveness. In this respect the testimonies that have been coming out of India recently tell a tale that is relaxing to the bones a tale which often leaves behind a stench that no amount of sloganeering about Swachh Bharat or even something more than a symbolic wielding on the broom can eradicate. If inclusiveness is the touchstone of a Repub...