India, Aug. 28 -- Every home has one drawer we never want to open. It's got everything. The Nokia 3110, saved as a reminder of a more innocent time. One earbud - the other one went out in the lockdown and never came back. A nest of cables tangled more tightly than the Kardashians.USB A, USB B pins and their mini versions. The cover of the smart coffee cup you swear you haven't lost, just misplaced. And a charger, but to charge what? Maybe even a CD gleaming dully under it all.

What stays, what goes, what deserves a second life and what's still tracking you? We asked experts.

Pick the survivors. Amogh Deshmukh, assistant professor and assistant dean of student affairs at Woxsen University's School of Technology in Hyderabad, says that de...