Are you willing to turn vegetarian because vegetables require much less water — and land — to produce than meat? Will you eat wheat instead of rice, because wheat requires less water to produce? Will you bathe in half a bucket of water, because a shower wastes too much water? These may seem unthinkable options to many. But as India faces a tremendous water shortage, if we don’t become more water-efficient by choice, we will simply be forced to.

Illustration / Amit Bandre