How a Brahmin vs Dalit vs Patidar office fight set streets of India on fire

Almost 30,000 files related to atrocities, harassment and service matters are pending with National Commission for Scheduled Castes

What started out as a Brahmin versus Dalit office tussle in 2007 at a government college in Pune’s Shivaji Nagar locality – a Patidar boss shielded the Brahmin superior who gave adverse remarks on the professional conduct of his Dalit subordinate – has now set the streets of India on fire. 

A decade and a Supreme Court judgment later, the case of the Mahadalit named Bhaskar Gaikwad, his Brahmin superior Satish Bhise and their Patidar boss Subhash Mahajan won’t be the last one, either. Gaikwad’s contention, in brief, was as follows: His office superiors, Bhise the Brahmin and the other