India, Dec. 3 -- A viral video that shows soiled disappears hanging on a tree outside a house, purportedly filmed in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, has sparked a wider conversation about civic sense in India. The video was shared on Instagram by Shweta Kataria, an influencer advocating a more sustainable lifestyle among her followers.

The video opens with a shot of a double-storey house that has a large tree growing outside. The off-screen narrator explains that a family with a young child lives in the house. The camera then pans to show used diapers hanging by the dozen from the tree's branches.

The narrator explains that the family, instead of disposing of the diapers properly, threw them on the tree. The video also showed a family member d...