India’s smartphone boom is rapidly increasing the number of people with internet access; the number of those online is expected to double to over 500 million by 2020. This shift is having a profound effect on how Indians are shopping, with m-commerce becoming hugely popular.

Chumbak is an apparel and homeware brand that pokes fun at Indian life. From its humble beginnings as a home-based business, it's grown to more than 30 stores via digital marketing. But how has it engaged India’s Gen Y with fridge magnets featuring the everyday sights of their native country?

When it comes to splashing their cash, nothing does it for India’s Gen Y like fashion. The rise of global brands is fuelling fanaticism for labels like Zara and Forever 21. But what’s behind the spending spree – heady consumerism pure and simple, or a new brand of self-expression?

India’s love affair with western fashion began with savvy product placement in Bollywood movies in the ‘90s. But as tastes move beyond Bollywood, Indian actresses become more famous and fashion blogs become more popular, India’s fashion scene is becoming more prominent on both the big and little screen.