Encyclopedia - Nair: Encyclopedia - Nair
Nair or Nayar (Malayalam: നായ൪) is the name of an upper Hindu caste in the Southern Indian state of Kerala. Nairs are an integral...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nair: Encyclopedia Ii - Nair - Some Nair Customs And Traditions
Nairs have customs that are different from the rest of Kerala. The first of these is the Marumakkathaayam system of inheritance. This sys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nair: Encyclopedia Ii - Nair - Origins And History
According to Chattambi Swamigal, who interpreted ancient Tamil texts, Nairs were a Dravidian nobility called the "Naka Lords". Ancient So...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matriarchy: Encyclopedia - Matriarchy
Matriarchy is a form of society in which power is conceived as lying with the women and especially with the mothers of a community. The w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pillai: Encyclopedia - Pillai
Pillai is a famous title of Tamil and Malayalam-speaking people of India and Indian origin living in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, etc....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanity Fair 2004 Film: Encyclopedia - Vanity Fair 2004 Film
Vanity Fair (2004) is a drama/romance film, directed by Mira Nair. It is based on the novel titled Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alpha Phoenicis: Encyclopedia - Alpha Phoenicis
Alpha Phoenicis (α Phe / α Phoenicis) is the brightest star in the constellation Phoenix. It also has the traditional name Ankaa (phoen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Devan Nair: Encyclopedia Ii - Devan Nair - Resignation
On March 28, 1985, Nair resigned in unclear circumstances. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew stated in parliament that Nair resigned to get tre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mira Nair: Encyclopedia Ii - Mira Nair - Biography
Mira Nair was born in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India, the youngest of three children from a middle-class family. Her father was a civil serv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matrilineality: Encyclopedia Ii - Matrilineality - Introduction
A matriline is a line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening gener...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matrilineality: Encyclopedia Ii - Matrilineality - Judaism
Orthodox Judaism states that, to be a Jew, one must be either a proselyte or the child of a Jewish mother. This ruling is based on the fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matrilineality: Encyclopedia Ii - Matrilineality - Introduction
A matriline is a line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening gener...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matrilineality: Encyclopedia Ii - Matrilineality - Judaism
Orthodox Judaism states that, to be a Jew, one must be either a proselyte or the child of a Jewish mother. This ruling is based on the fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matriarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Matriarchy - Matriarchal Societies
Some traditional matriarchal societies have been found to exist still today in each continent, except Europe. Several of them have been p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matriarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Matriarchy - Matriarchal Societies
Some traditional matriarchal societies have been found to exist still today in every continent, except Antarctica. Several of them have b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matriarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Matriarchy - Archaeological Hypotheses
Whether matriarchal societies might have existed at some time in the distant past is controversial. The controversy began in reaction to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matriarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Matriarchy - Matriarchies In Mythology
One area where written myths are available from an early period is the Aegean culture-zone, where the Minoan Great Goddess was worshipped...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matriarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Matriarchy - Origins Of The Unclear Concept
The unclear concept of matriarchy, and of its replacement by "patriarchy" can be linked to the historical "inevitabilities" which the nin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matriarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Matriarchy - Matriarchies In Literature
The idea about a peaceful matriarchal civilisation being put to the torch by patriarchal, nomadic barbarian invaders has lived on as a po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matriarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Matriarchy - Matriarchies In Literature
The idea of peaceful matriarchal civilizations being put to the torch by patriarchal, nomadic barbarian invaders has lived on as a powerf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamala Das: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamala Das - Conversion To Islam Political Adventures And Other Controversies
Born in a conservative Hindu Nair family, she embraced Islam in 1999 at the age of 65 and assumed the name Kamala Suraiya. Like the theme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palakkad: Encyclopedia Ii - Palakkad - People
The main religion is Hinduism, with many castes - Menon, Pisharody, Nair, Ezhava, Ezhuthachan, Namboothiri (Kerala Brahmin), Iyer (Tamil ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malayalam Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Malayalam Literature - Poetry
Modern Romantics Kuttippurathu Kesavan Nair (1883-1959) Nalappat Narayana Menon (1887-1955) G. Sankara Kurup (1900-1978) Edappalli Ragha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palakkad: Encyclopedia Ii - Palakkad - Educational Institutions
There are a number of schools and colleges including engineering colleges. Government Victoria College is a more-than-a-century- old inst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kasargod District: Encyclopedia Ii - Kasargod District - Demographic Profile And Customs Of People
The people of this district have, as is the case in other parts of the state, a distinctiveness in personal appearance, marked by fairnes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thalassery: Encyclopedia Ii - Thalassery - Famous Personalities
C. V. Devan Nair, the third President of Singapore hails from Thalassery. Oyyarathu Chandumenon, author of the first Malayalam novel Indu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Space Program: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Space Program - History
Indian space program - Present. Budgetary Allocation for the Department of Space was Rs. 2267 crore (Rs. 22.67 Billion ) for the Finan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Indians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Indians - Politics
List of Indians - P-R. P Chidambaram P.K. Vasudevan Nair P. V. Narasimha Rao Pranab Mukherjee Pratapsinh Rane, Chief Minister of Goa R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thiruvananthapuram: Encyclopedia Ii - Thiruvananthapuram - Sports
The most popular sports are Football and Cricket. Basketball, Badminton and Volleyball are also popular, mostly in schools. The Chandrase...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Action Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Action Party - History
The DAP was originally the Malaysian branch of the Singaporean People's Action Party (PAP). However, Singapore seceded from the federatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharathiraja: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharathiraja - Film Career
Bharathiraja started his film career as an assistant to director P.Pullaiya and Kannada film maker Puttanna Kanagal. Eventually working w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoroastrianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoroastrianism - Famous Zoroastrians
Famous Parsis include the founder of Indian Civil Aviation and legendary industrialist J. R. D. Tata, Phirozeshah Mehta, Dadabhai Naoroji...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indus Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Indus Constellation - Notable Stars
Indus constellation - Star with proper names. (α Ind) 3.11 The Persian (or Al Nair, see α Gru) < النائر an-na´ir The illu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Cinema: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Cinema - Asian
Before 1980 it had been virtually impossible for a woman in India to become a film maker. Now Mira Nair, Aparna Sen, Vijaya Metah, Sai Pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lee Kuan Yew: Encyclopedia Ii - Lee Kuan Yew - Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew - Self-government administration. In the national elections held on June 1, 1959, the PAP won forty-three of the fifty-one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chattampi Swamikal: Encyclopedia - Chattampi Swamikal
Chattampi Swamikal (b:1853 - d:1925) was one of Kerala’s famed social reform activists and learned men. Chattampi Swamikal worked in pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palakkad: Encyclopedia Ii - Palakkad - Statistics
Palakkad was a part of Malabar district during the British rule. After independence, it came under the Madras state. It was made a separa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paliam: Encyclopedia Ii - Paliam - Interesting Facts
The Paliam family features prominently in Kerala History. The oldest male member of the family is called the Paliath Achan. The Paliath A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodhidharma: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodhidharma - Biography
The major sources about Bodhidharma's life conflict with regard to his origins, the chronology of his journey to China, his death, and ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Most Common Surnames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Most Common Surnames - Belgium
(on 1 January 2002) Peeters 33,273 Janssens 31,529 Maes 25,654 Jacobs 20,229 Mertens 18,927 Willems 18,604 Claes 16,822 Goossens 16,202 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chattampi Swamikal: Encyclopedia Ii - Chattampi Swamikal - Soul Mate Of Nānu Āśān
It was at Perunnalli Krishnan Vaidyar’s house that Chattampi Kunjan Pilla first met the young Nānu Āśān (later known as Sree Nārā...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palakkad: Encyclopedia Ii - Palakkad - Industry
There are various industries in the district. The Public Sector companies ITI Limited and Instrumentation Limited have plants in Kanjikod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palakkad: Encyclopedia Ii - Palakkad - Places Of Worship
The Anjaneya (Lord Hanuman) temple inside Palakkad Fort attracts good number of devotees. Manappulli kavu - devi temple. Pudussery kavu -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palakkad: Encyclopedia Ii - Palakkad - Transport
Palakkad Junction is a very important station of Southern Railway. It is from here the trains take diversion to South and North Kerala. P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palakkad: Encyclopedia Ii - Palakkad - Traditions Of Palakkad
In the months of March and April, after the harvests, festivals called Vela are celebrated in many villages. These festivals consist of p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palakkad: Encyclopedia Ii - Palakkad - Places Of Interest
Palakkad is an important place in the tourist map of Kerala. The Tipu Sultan's Fort built in the 18th century, Malampuzha dam garden, Nel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chattampi Swamikal: Encyclopedia Ii - Chattampi Swamikal - Early Life
Swamiji’s father was Vasudeva Sarma and mother Manga Devi of Ullukod tharavad of Kollur village in southern Travancore. It is said that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodhidharma: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodhidharma - Spiritual Approach
Tradition holds that Bodhidharma's chosen sutra was the Lankavatara Sutra, a development of the Yogacara or "Mind-only" school of Buddhis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodhidharma: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodhidharma - Portrayals Of Bodhidharma
Throughout Buddhist art, Bodhidharma is depicted as a rather ill-tempered, profusely bearded and wide-eyed barbarian. He is described as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Most Common Surnames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Most Common Surnames - Mexico
Martinez Gonzalez Rodriguez Cruz List of most common surnames - Nuevo León. Martínez (8.50%) Rodríguez (8.14%) García (7.14%) Gonz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamala Das: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamala Das - Awards And Other Recognitions
Kamala Das has received many awards for her literary contribution. Some of them are; Asian Poetry Prize for her work, Kent Award for Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamala Das: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamala Das - Writings In Mayalam
Madhavikutty is the foremost short story writer in Malayalam. In any listing she figure among the top 5 writer even after considering the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamala Das: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamala Das - Writings In English
Her first book, Summer In Calcutta was a promising start. She wrote chiefly of love, its betrayal, and the consequent anguish, and Indian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodhidharma: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodhidharma - Legends
Bodhidharma - Encounter with Emperor Liang. According to tradition, around 520, during the period of the Southern Dynasties, Bodhidharm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Most Common Surnames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Most Common Surnames - Canada
List of most common surnames - Quebec. The 50 most popular surnames in Quebec Tremblay (1.13%) Gagnon (0.82%) Roy (0.77%) Côté (0.74...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Most Common Surnames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Most Common Surnames - Korea
Main article: List of Korean family names 김 (金; Kim, Gim) 이 (李; Lee, Yi, I) 박 (朴; Park, Pak, Bak) 최 (崔; Choi, Choe) 정 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Most Common Surnames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Most Common Surnames - Denmark
Most popular Danish family names (as of 2004) [1] Nielsen 296850 Hansen 248968 Pedersen 186913 Andersen 172894 Christensen 133033 Larse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Most Common Surnames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Most Common Surnames - China
According to the survey conducted by Chinese Academy of Sciences released in January 2006, the first twentith surnames in Mainland China ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamala Das: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamala Das - Biography
She spent her childhood between Calcutta; where her father was employed and Nalappatt ancestral home at Ponnayoorkulam in south Malabar. ...   » Read the article