Holding Homes Together, One Day at a Time | They mean business- Part 4

In this edition, we meet Chandrakali Devi, Taajvi Begum, and Rinki, three women whose work holds their homes together. We return with the fourth edition of They Mean Business, a KL Hatke photo series that documents women in rural and small-town India who keep their households afloat through informal, often invisible work. These are not businesses in the conventional sense, but daily, end-to-end operations run by women where stable employment is scarce and income uncertain. From vegetable carts and general stores to makeshift clothing stalls, their labour sustains families, pays school fees, and absorbs risk without recognition. Before the Town Wakes Up Chandrakali Devi | Vegetable seller, Taraunha, Chitrakoot Every morning, around 4 am, Chandrakali Devi wakes up, washes at