Nairs were in the Army as wells in other services who used to cook in nambuthiri and rich nair household so they worked as soldiers servants stewards adminstrators and so on many were in agricultre also as farm hands Many contradictions are there in the article Nairs are bunts who came from Tulu nadu Bunts are classifies as a backward caste in karnataka but if you knew that then you would nt tell that origin what is the fun of rejecting the sudra tag you hate it there ware times when prostitution was considered as a deginifed profession in kerala this is reflected in the works of unnai warriar and venmony mahan who were those prostitutes carrying a prostitute on the shoulder of a man was considered as an honur during the times times have changed