India, Oct. 9 -- Actor Disha Patani recently offered a glimpse into her life on Instagram, including a picture of her wired earphones and charger wrapped in colourful thread. The crafty detail comes as Gen Z actively chooses wired earphones and analogue hobbies. Reels around wrapped chargers, embroidery chargers and DIY charger wraps are pulling in more than a million views, with some touching 12 million views.

For Bengaluru-based Sukriti, 29, who shared her own thread-wrapped earphones on Instagram, the appeal is as much about creativity as it is about making something useful feel personal. Her reel has now touched 370K views. Telling us about her project, she said, "My MIL got into embroidery during lockdown, and around the same time s...