present by writing misleading facts about their community i dont understanding the fun of them protraying themselves as kshatriyas and worriors the fact is that they are sudras and ranks fourth the lowest in the caste heirarchy they were servants to brahmins and kshatriyas varma's they had been practising servocracy for centuaries this community practised a peculiar system of matriliny and polyandry if you refer chamber's dictionary edition and before for nair it is written as a military community dwelt in the malabar coast who are matrilineal and practiced polyiandry it should be noted that until recently the nairs where known in their mother's family names or surnames this was due to the situation of a nair female having many husbands at any given time therefore peternity was a problem to ascertain anil kumar email anil yahoo com