> wrote the equivalent of affirmative action into the Indian Constitution Reservations are not equivalent to affirmative action in America. Dr. Ambedkar was th

> wrote the equivalent of affirmative action into the Indian Constitution Reservations are not equivalent to affirmative action in America. Dr. Ambedkar was the Chairman of Constitutional Drafting Committee. In popular imagination, he is often called the author of the Indian constitution. Reservations are a small part of it. > He was the Indian equivalent of Dr. Martin Luther King. I understand that you are trying to make the context relatable to an American audience but I find this framing rather grating. I don't mean any disrespect to Dr. King but this is selling Dr. Ambedkar short.