I am not a history sudent who has gone deeply into the various issues touched here...so my comments are just observations formed out of some limited study.
Nair community's basic matrilineal character would have evolved as a result of the 'sambandham'system,where the Namboodiri's held no responsibilty for thier offsprings.
This is a clean example of understanding effect as cause. Nair community became matrilineal because women of the community had a place of importance in the system, not vice versa.
As a society, they were always against all the progressive things in kerala.
Agreed! They are still conservative...have to take a leaf from the enterprising christian community
Seeing the one and only example of matriarchal matrilineal community, I am desperate to see that the women on power or having direct access to the power always behaves in the same way. We have individual examples from Imelda Marcos - Indira Gandhi – Jayalalitha to the grass root level - our Kerala Vanitha Police.
Women in could be as vulnerable to currption as men..don't make angels out of women.
This could be a sweeping statement made out of some isolated inceidents. This calls for detailed study.
Anybody has an experience to go to kerala women cells to complaint on a women issue? If not, you should go there at least once!!!
I am sorry you have got it all wrong about your better half(meaning yin and yang :) ) Deepak.
Hope your understanding grows better.
Are women really concerned about others? Is it an intrinsic property for them to be self centered?
I f I am right,Nairs are not the only Matriarchal/matrilineal community in the world. Some sections of Muslims in North Malabar used to follow the system.
Some communities in North east India still follow it and the status of women are highly evolved in such cases.In kerala,if you forget the rising graph of domestic violence, in education , employment,health,low infant mortality & growth of population, women's status and contribution have to lauded. May be the most significant contribution of Nair community is the above.
Just as our good friend Guest suggested,I wanted to type it out in Malayalam. But since it may take a longer time and may get postponed,again I am turning to Eng.
Hope more people tune in other than we two going on and on :lol:
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I am not a history sudent who has gone deeply into the various issues touched here...so my comments are just observations formed out of some limited study.
Nair community's basic matrilineal character would have evolved as a result of the 'sambandham'system,where the Namboodiri's held no responsibilty for thier offsprings.
This is a clean example of understanding effect as cause. Nair community became matrilineal because women of the community had a place of importance in the system, not vice versa.
As a society, they were always against all the progressive things in kerala.
Agreed! They are still conservative...have to take a leaf from the enterprising christian community
Seeing the one and only example of matriarchal matrilineal community, I am desperate to see that the women on power or having direct access to the power always behaves in the same way. We have individual examples from Imelda Marcos - Indira Gandhi – Jayalalitha to the grass root level - our Kerala Vanitha Police.
Women in could be as vulnerable to currption as men..don't make angels out of women.
This could be a sweeping statement made out of some isolated inceidents. This calls for detailed study.
Anybody has an experience to go to kerala women cells to complaint on a women issue? If not, you should go there at least once!!!
I am sorry you have got it all wrong about your better half(meaning yin and yang :) ) Deepak.
Hope your understanding grows better.
Are women really concerned about others? Is it an intrinsic property for them to be self centered?
I f I am right,Nairs are not the only Matriarchal/matrilineal community in the world. Some sections of Muslims in North Malabar used to follow the system.
Some communities in North east India still follow it and the status of women are highly evolved in such cases.In kerala,if you forget the rising graph of domestic violence, in education , employment,health,low infant mortality & growth of population, women's status and contribution have to lauded. May be the most significant contribution of Nair community is the above.
Just as our good friend Guest suggested,I wanted to type it out in Malayalam. But since it may take a longer time and may get postponed,again I am turning to Eng.
Hope more people tune in other than we two going on and on :lol: