It was famous for its orchards and its export of wood. Today it is better known for its oil refinery. It still contains citrus fruit orchards surrounded by green hills. On one of the hills is the imposing Margat Citadel, a huge fortress of black basalt stone. Margat, also known as Marqab (from the Arabic Qalaat al-Marqab, Castle of the Watchtower) was a Crusader fortress in modern Syria. ...
By and large the Baniyas operate only within the domain of the market, but the extraction of surplus in the market is closely related to these power structures.
From the villageinstitutions of patel and patwari to tehesil offices, collectorates, state and central secretariates; from gram panchayats to municipalities, zilla parishads to state legislatures and the central Parliament, each institution was made the preserve of the 'upper' caste forces, with Brahmins being in the lead in many of these institutions.
Ambedkar's political decision, not to join any party that was headed by a Brahmin, a Baniya or a neo-Kshatriya, and his attempt to create his own political and organic intellectual force to bring about an anti-caste revolution, shook the foundation of Hinduism.
Because of fast growing technology, an average Brahmin or Baniya publicly confesses that the life here should be lived with all the luxuries, but this does not mean that he or she reduces the emphasis on the permanent life in swarga.
Modern Brahmins and Baniyas not only eat the best and most modern food available in India, but they also have the best houses.
As the Brahmins and the Baniyas exploit the Dalitbahujans from positions of political and bureaucratic powers and industrial and capital markets, there is a growing sense of sin which, in their view, may bring early death.
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