The largest religious mass conversion in India's history was set to go ahead last night after a court ruling that allowed more than half a million people to become Buddhists in a single rite performed by the Dalai Lama. The ceremony will go ahead at Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Racecourse after the Bombay High Court rejected a public interest petition calling for a ban on using the racecourse for the event. More than 1000 nomadic groups and other families - numbering more than 500,000 people in all - will embrace Buddhism simultaneously. [Snip] The issue of religious conversion in India is normally...