Low caste Indians seek to convert
Sunday, 27 May 2007

The conversion is expected to be the largest in modern timesThousands of tribal and Dalit Hindus in India have gathered in Mumbai to convert en masse to Buddhism.

The ceremony, at which ten of thousands are expected to embrace the Buddhist faith, is being billed as the largest religious conversion in modern India.

The converts hope to escape the rigid caste system in which their status is the lowest.the rest
Right-wing Hindus have often opposed conversion, pushing some Indian states to restrict legal changes of faith. the rest