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Enter the Kritikala store in Hyderabad, and if you are silent, you might hear each product — the Kalamkari skirt or the Mangalagiri laptop sleeve—echoing the laughter of the women who made them. From a small, thatched shed with seven women, Kritikala has grown and now employs 60 women with the latest industrial sewing machines.