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India Republic Day -- Seeing that India celebrates Republic Moment and the chests of an incredible number of Indians swell with satisfaction at the thought of our huge diversity and imagined military prowess it is well to reflect on what kind of Republic the country has become. A republican type of government is not merely one in which the head of status is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic rests on the idea that sovereignty resides within the people and that the will of the testers as expressed through their particular representatives is supreme. Just what has however been crucial to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion regarding inclusiveness. In this respect the experiences that have been coming out of India recently tell a tale that is chill to the bones a tale which usually leaves behind a stench this no amount of sloganeering concerning Swachh Bharat or even anything more than a symbolic wielding in the broom can eradicate. When inclusiveness