Less than a year since India legalised homosexuality, Bollywood has released its first lesbian romance. The rom-com tells the story of a family coming to terms with its daughter’s sexuality, but the film's marketing highlights its mainstream rather than groundbreaking features.

Amazon’s Alexa has been revamped to communicate in Hindi in order to appeal to the half a billion people in India who speak it. As more Indians get access to the internet and voice assistants go global, there’s a growing demand for technology to be accessible for people whose first language isn’t English.

Though the stand-up scene in India is relatively young, it has been just as male-dominated as in the Western world. But as more female comics take to the stage and gain popularity, they’re using their platform to challenge prevailing stereotypes that resign women to domestic roles.

Hotstar’s strategy of focusing on sports, recycling Star TV’s offerings, creating original programming, and providing content in multiple languages is helping it acquire viewership beyond just the major Indian cities. How can streaming services appeal to viewers in an age of multiple subscriptions?