Bob Marleyji,

Unfortunately the change of religion also does not help the Dalits much. A lot of dalits in India converted to Islam. Do you know what happened? They were categorized as "Ajlaf" or low-born and "Arzal" or "degraded" equivalent to so called "untouchables". The reason is just by changing the religion does not change anything overnight.They live in the same community and the caste ridden society just does not intermingle with them the next day just because they belong to a different religion now. The society finds a new ways to keep them "untouchables".

Babasaheb Ambedkar tried to convert untouchables to Buddhism to get rid of the stigma attached with it but it did not work. The only way to get rid of this social injustice is by reforming the society regardless of what religion it follows.