Krishna Pillai (1851-1916) was known as ‘’Samudayothejakan’’ for his service and developmental contributions to the Hindu Nair community.
Govindan Paramaswaran Pillai (1864–1903) was born in Alathoor in Kerala, India, in an aristocratic Nair family.
By the colonial era the gurukula system was declining in India except in a few regions, such as Kerala, where the warrior Nair clan and their own military gurukula, called kalari, still maintained the tradition.
Christopher Fuller, an anthropologist, has said that it is likely that the first reference to the Nair community was made by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History, dating from 77 AD.
Mira Nair | Nair | Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair | Sona Nair | P. Kunhiraman Nair | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | G. Madhavan Nair | Edasseri Govindan Nair | Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair | Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital | Nair Service Society | Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair | Leena Nair | Krishnan Kutty Nair | Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair | Dinesh Nair | Anita Nair |
The book was launched at Press Club Mumbai on 18 Feb 2013 by Mr. Raj Nair founder of Avalon Consulting.
Aiyappan-Pillai Madhavan Nair (1905–1990), also known as Nair-san, was closely involved with Japan in the Indian independence movement.
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Nair was born in Malacca, Malaysia, the son of an Indian immigrant I.V.K. Nair, from Thalassery, Kerala.
The school has collaborated with the CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, The Agri-Horticultural Society of India, The National Research Institute of Ayurveda, The AVP Group, The Dept of AYUSH/Government of India, the Indian Institute of Toxicological Research, and the Nair Hospital of Bombay.
The students have earlier also had training under veteran gurus like the late Thekkinkattil Ramunni Nair, Padma Bhushan Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair, the late Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair and Kottakkal Krishnankutty Nair, besides late masters like Kadathanattu Govindan Nambisan, Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan, Kalamandalam Unnikrishna Kurup, Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Poduval, Kalamandalam Chandra Mannadiyar, Tirur Nambissan and Kalamandalam Appukutty Poduval.
Gauthami Nair is an Indian film actress who started her acting career by starring alongside Dulquar Salman in the Malayalam film Second Show.
His upcoming releases, including "404" and "Tasher Desh" have him playing dark and memorable characters, with more films in production including Mira Nair's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and Q's "Tasher Desh".
Notes: Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair has contested here in every GE since the inception of this ward, with the exceptions in 1967 by-elections and 1968 elections where he stood as an independent candidate in Thomson and Farrer Park wards respectively.
Warrier worked in FACT Kathakali School for 18 years along with late masters such as Vaikom Karunakaran Nair, Kalamandalam Kesavan (chenda), Kalamandalam Sankaran Embranthiri and Kalamandalam Hyderali (Kathakali music).
The Kandam Kandath house (Kandam kandath joint-family) {Malayalam: Kandam kandath Tharavad} is one of the 16 remaining houses of the 18 original houses (padinettu veedu) of the Mannadiar clan, which in turn is a subclan of the Kshatriya Nair caste.
In Travancore, although they were Ambalavasi they had status intermediate between Itasseri Nair subcaste and Chempukotti Nair (Intermediate between Nair proper and Nair Inferior).
Thereby the Nair family of Vengayil received the title of Nayanar.
Independence activists such as P. Ramanunni Nair, K. Kelappan, P. Narayanan Nair, C. H. Kunjappa, K. A. Damodara Menon, and A. P. Udhayabhanu have served as Chief Editors of the newspaper, and also Mathrubhumi has witnessed some of the very splendid Indian Civil Service officers as editors.
Examples of matrilocal societies include the people of Ngazidja, the Ancient Pueblo Peoples of Chaco Canyon, the Nair community in Kerala in South India, the Moso of Yunnan and Sichuan in southwestern China, the Siraya of Taiwan, and the Minangkabau of western Sumatra.
Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair was born on 2 October 1926 in Chettikulangara (near Mavelikkara), Alleppey district, Kerala.
Nair Filipe Pires de Almeida (born January 23rd, 1984 in Catumbela), Benguela province, is an Angolan handball player who began her career in a small handball team called Escola de Andebol da Restinga, do Lobito (EARL).
P. K. R. Pillai of Shirdi Sai Creations started 2 films together, Chithram and Nair Saab, but as he faced financial issues, he sold Nair Saab to Basheer of Liberty Productions and completed Chithram.
The popular songs from the film are "Ellarum Chollanu Ellarum Chollanu" (Janamma David), "Kayalarikaathu Vala Erinjappol" (K. Raghavan), "Unarunaroo Unnikanna" (Shantha P. Nair), "Sarasa Sama Daana Bheda" (based on a Tyagaraja composition in Kaapi Narayani raga), "Kadalasu Vanchi Eri" (Kozhikode Pushpa), "Maanennum vilikkilla" (Mehboob), "Kuyiline Thedi" (Janamma David) and "Engane Nee Marakkum Kuyile" (Kozhikode Abdul Kader).
A native of Cheranalloor in Ernakulam district, Nelliyode joined the PSV Natyasangham in Kottakkal in 1957 and received training in Kathakali largely under Kunchu Nair.
From the 11th to 12th centuries, the right and duty to practice martial arts in the service of a ruler was most associated with specific subgroups of Thiyyas(called Chekavars), Nambiars and Nairs.
Other cast includes Aju Varghese, Vishnu Raghav, Anjo Jose, Sajid, Shine Tom Chacko and Karmayodha,Black Butterfly fame Malavika Nair.
The cast includes Soman (Kesavan Nair), Swapna (Saramma Thomas), Meena (Aliyama), Captain Raju (Babu), Vincent (Joykutty) and Mala Aravindan (Kunchan).
At Kerala Kalamandalam, where he subsequently mastered the art, Ramankutty Nair later sculpted out several disciples, the most prominent among them being Kalamandalam Gopi besides Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody, M.P.S. Namboodiri, Balasubramanian and the late K. Gopalakrishnan.
She also wrote the segment "India" (directed by Mira Nair) in 11'09"01 September 11, a series of short films for Canal Plus.
His roles in Antardhan, Sweth Pathorer Thala, Mahulbanir Sereng, Parineeta (Hindi), Nishijapon Raj Kumar Santoshi's cop drama Khakee and Mira Nair's The Namesake amongst others have earned him wide recognition.
These 25 years worth of achievements have been celebrated by the re-release of Salaam Bombay!, Mina Nair's notable award winning film which inspired the start of SBT.
Sthalam is a 2011 Malayalam movie written and directed by Sivaprasad, and produced by Mariam Anoop and Rajesh S Nair under the banner of Avagama creations.
Aimbulan is an upcoming Tamil movie starring stunt master Rocky Rajesh's son Thamizh and Chithra Nair in the pivotal roles.
Ending his school education, the eighth-form student started the journey to the world of Kathakali music under the guidance of Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan, Sivaraman Nair, Kavungal Madhava Panikkar.
The soundtrack is scored by debutant Manoj George, who had earlier composed for the 2008 Kannada film "Athmiya" and the Background music, "Va Va Vaadhyare" song by R. Gautham, who had previously worked with Jayasurya starrer film Janapriyan, and the lyrics by Santhosh Varma and Rajeev Nair Allunkal.
He was born on 28 October 1939 in Vadayar village, Bhoothapuyam Amsham of Thalayolaparambu Panchayath, Vaikom in Kottayam district, in an ordinary family to Padmanabhan Nair and Karthyayani Amma.
Kunchu Nair, who also taught at the PSV Natyasangham in Kottakkal, has eminent disciples like Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody, Kottakkal Sivaraman, Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri and Kottakkal Chandrasekharan.