Five days after Kanshi Ram's death, and 50 years after Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism (along with 380,000 other people), thousands of dalits are congregating at Nagpur to convert away from hinduism, and hopefully but not necessarily away from caste. This is a far cry from the speculated 20 million that Ram had wanted to convert on this anniversary.

What is the future of the Dalit movement now, and especially neo-buddhism?