Intimate labour in South Asia is not only gendered and precarious but essential to the functioning of urban life while remaining invisible and undervalued. This chapter explores the evolving landscape of intimate labour in Kolkata’s urban and peri-urban spaces in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on fieldwork and life histories, it traces how women working in domestic service, caregiving, and sex work were forced to shift roles due to job loss, mobility restrictions, and rising household responsibilities. These transitions are embedded in long-standing caste, class, and gender hierarchies that shape women’s access to security and rights. The chapter conceptualises intimate labour as involving physical closeness, emotional care, and secrecy, often demanded without formal recognition. While domestic and caregiving jobs became increasingly restrictive, sex work offered an alternative form of survival, albeit under exploitative terms. Narratives from women such as Malati, Jyotsna, and Jharna reveal the blurred boundaries between sectors and the complex negotiations of respect, agency, and survival. Through these stories, the chapter reflects on how informal economies rely on the resilience of marginalised women, and how the city both depends on and distances itself from their intimate labour.