I’ll be honest. I had a writer’s block with scripting a story based on Indians and our waste-saving type of behaviour. After all, I’m a middle-class Indian and I just couldn’t find the parody of us trying to squeeze a little more out of everything. Let me repeat: Everything. And so, I mulled over the topic while twirling pencils around my fingers, tried finding an ‘inspirational’ playlist on YouTube and even considered eating a few badams hoping it might trigger a brain wave. Until one such day when I was flicking channels, and I stumbled upon Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary ‘Before the Flood.’ Watching along with me was my mom as she began folding the clothes from the laundry. The documentary talked about climate change, conservation of energy and such topics related to the greater good of planet Earth. Once the trailer got over, I let out a loud rant that almost convinced the other person I was passionate about the topic of conservation, “what have we people come down to? There’s no end to the extent we waste energy and resources all around!!” And just then, while completely ignoring my rant my mom nonchalantly says, “Oh, by the way, finish that Dabur toothpaste in your bathroom before you buy one. I rolled up the end and tied it with a paper clip. I saw that bathroom hack last night on YouTube – so
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