The iPhone is India’s most sought-after status symbol. Gadgets are where it’s at, and as consumers get more confident buying and selling them online, they’re taking ownership of Facebook to tailor the digital marketplace to their needs.

Xiaomi has been dubbed ‘the Chinese iPhone’, but flagging sales in its homeland mean it’s looking to expand into the Indian smartphone market. It has already been adopted enthusiastically across the country, and the company will now start manufacturing phones there, too.

Indian internet coverage is patchy – especially if you’re stuck on a rickshaw. But with one of the largest smartphone user bases in the world, there’s still huge demand for boredom-killing mobile games. One company is finding success by offering more fun for less data.

Why are Indian families shrinking? What’s to become of the tradition of the home-cooked family meal? And how are Dalits fighting against age-old inequalities? This Cultural Snapshot uses local statistics and case studies to explore behavioural norms shared by Indian people in 2016.