WHEN Vineet Mehrotra lost his father in the Covid-19 pandemic, he grappled with intense grief.  Adding to his depression was the overwhelming amount of decluttering he was confronted with, as his father’s only caretaker.

A month later, Mehrotra couldn’t put it off any longer. He began sorting out the piles of clothes that his father had left behind. He wanted to give them to someone who would use them well.