[tantric]

Okay, on topic - (some) Indian get an easy pass on racism. They speak an Indo-European language, their facial features are very similar to those of Europeans, they can easily claim to a great Classical civilization, heck - aren't some Indian technically Caucasian (whatever that means). A world where the Brits do better by India is fairly passable.

I'm not so sure about putting Ambedkar on the throne. Gandhi was from a bureaucratic family, Ambedkar was an untouchable. And a Buddhist. I saw him as a token outcaste, though I'm not debating his brilliance. I honestly think you would have more problems getting Ambedkar through India's caste prejudice than you would getting the Brits to give Hindis a pass on the race ticket, if that makes any sense.