[Jedi Master Pikachu]

If it had been a 'conversion' to Christianity, would have strongly disapproved of it. If they don't want to be a dalit, then just renounce Hinduism. Don't become 'Christian' to get away from the caste system.

As they are simply going from non-Christianity to non-Christianity, however, it is acceptable.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Asia pinglist.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Sheeat, “low caste” is a state of mind, dammit, even the
Queen of Britain needs to wipe her tail, or itch!

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

"Right-wing Hindus have often opposed conversion, pushing some Indian states to restrict legal changes of faith."

So much for the pretext of freedom of religion.

[dersepp]

I have a favorite Indian restaurant in the San Jose area I love to frequent, but understand the owner and his family both here an in India are Hindu extremists. It is very popular and difficult to get a table sometimes.

So in killing two birds with one stone, I will put a "Share the Well" bumper sticker on the car closest to the entrance and it gets instantly easier to get a seat that evening.

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

ping

[muleskinner]

Since Hinduism and Buddhism are Eastern religious traditions, it makes sense. Better Buddhism than Islam. Anything but Islam.

I'd rather they worship a Rock than Islam...wait, wasn't that the point of Indiana Jones 2?

[Tamar1973]

It seems these conversions are much more about politics than they are about religion. If you were truly heart set on becoming a Buddhist or a Christian, you wouldn’t need to do it in front of 10,000 other people.

[Yardstick]

I went back to school at age 27 to finish an engineering degree that I had begun and abandoned. In the interim years I had worked as a carpenter. When I went back, one of my professors was an old Indian man. He was adamant that I should continue as a carpenter and not try to finish the degree. I found this extremely odd - you’d think a prof would encourage someone to move forward with their education. It occurred to me later that he was probably a traditionalist Hindu and might have been seeing me as lower caste somehow, like I was being uppity or going beyond my social rank for pursuing a professional degree (he knew I had worked in construction but was unaware that I had been to school previously). It didn’t stop me, of course - I got the degree and am currently working as an EE - but it was an interesting experience to have possibly bumped up against another culture’s notion of class.