Nairs used to be the leaders within and out side Kerala , once upon a time. This happened in various spheres of life. These leaders were not overly qualified , but had leadership qualities in their genes.
When Shri Mannath Padmanabhan thought that it was now time for Nairs to unite and created Nair Service Society, all that he had was just hope and courage. He knew that the vast majority of Nairs were poor by then and they will not be able to contribute much and he started accepting a few grams [ may be close to 100 gms of rice as the family contribution and he built up a massive organisation, which runs schools, colleges and what not.
Somehow the current Nairs and their leadership[I see them all over . They lack courage, conviction , a driving force and above all a purpose to live.
We have instead developed an inferiority complex and have created [in ready stock] so many excuses for our current p[light.
If we need to get back to our olden days , we need to destroy that defeatist thoughts.
We need to realise that we are the inheritors of a lovely past and fame.
Thank God, like many others we did not fight to be called Back ward Classes.
We do not need a political party. We were leaders in several political parties and were recognised as its Leaders. Communism became a success in Kerala only because many Nairs joined the movement and made it into a power to reckon with.
Many nairs were part of our freedom movement and were also part of the Indian National Congress.
Even when Kerala Congress was created, a nair was part of that formation.
We need to start loving our own fraternity little more. We need to come out of useless and baseless celebrations.
We need to help each other.
We need to get back , whatever was ours, without thinking anything bad about others in the world. We need to grow up on our own strengths and not by pushing others down, since this was never our way of growth.
Right from our children [and ourselves] let us recognise and believe that we are inheritors of a great community and we are entitled to our rightful place in the society.
If we need to fight our destiny and bring back our old fame and position in our society , we need to get this spirit rise in us.
We have the capacity and strength to achieve it, without the help of any government or other agencies.
I know of two great organisations within and outside Kerala that can help us in this movement. NSS in Kerala and KNSS outside Kerala.
Let us work with them , rather than creating NEW ones to achieve this goal.
Please share your valuable CONSTRUCTIVE thoughts , with the rest.