NEW DELHI: Hindi movie 'Toilet: A Love Story' was one of the things that inspired Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates this year, he revealed on Tuesday.
As "tough year" 2017 comes to a close, Gates, a man who is himself an inspiration to many, took to Twitter to share seven "inspiring" tweets with his followers.
The list included stories from around the globe, from a man called Edwardo Sanchez who became the first in his family to graduate college, to Bhutan and Maldives eliminateing measles.
And right there, on number two, stood Bollywood romance 'Toilet: A Love Story,' which "educated audiences about India's sanitation challenge."
Gates said that the tweets he listed "made me feel better about 2017 and more optimistic about the new year."