This Raksha Bandhan, Meet the Jaipur Siblings Who Turned a Rs 5K Candle Hobby Into a Gifting Business

On weekends, the Khandelwal family kitchen in Jaipur would look a little different.  Wax is melted, fragrances are measured, and colourful moulds are brought out as siblings Unnati and Udit Khandelwal get to work. The process looks far more organised today, but their early experiments were anything but. There were spills on the floor, broken jars and several kitchen utensils that did not quite survive the process. Once, hot wax even ended up on the family's freshly whitewashed floor. “We have messed up mom's six to seven utensils,” Udit, 20, says with a laugh, recalling those early days. It...