FROM Plato’s Republic till today, republicanism has traversed a long journey. The idea of republicanism achieved a new life with the defeat of fascism and the unfurling of the red flag atop the Reichstag. Obviously, the new rightward shift has led to serious strains on republicanism as an idea on a global scale. The last eleven years have therefore brought republicanism in India under a severe assault. Struggles are taking place to safeguard the idea of the republic, as enshrined in the Constitution, adopted on January 26, 1950.