Here’s an alarming series of statistics. One pair of denim jeans requires 10,000 litres of water to manufacture. One cotton T-shirt takes 2,700 litres. That combined amount — ie, 12,700 litres of water — is roughly the quantity that an average human being needs to survive for nine whole years. Imagine, thus, the colossal price that someone else is paying every time you opt for that sartorial combination.

Aakash Ranison