Education and growing up
Compare further study, vocational skills, fees and travel.
COUNTRY LIFE / IND
If you were born in India
An Indian life through school, work and family decisions.
01 / QUESTION
What could life be like if you were born in India?
Choose paths through school and work as household budgets and institutions change.
India / 1950–2025
Choices along the way
Balance the workplace, the journey and money left at home. · Negotiate household expenses and time for care.
02 / START
Set your birth
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
03 / GENERATIONS
A country across generations
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
2016Sources and scope
The Aadhaar Act of 2016 established a statutory framework for Aadhaar identification.
Sources describe the social setting for the relevant era; choices and the simulation shape each person’s work, family and outcome.
04 / EVERYDAY LIFE
Choices along the way
Work and careers
Balance the workplace, the journey and money left at home.
Family and everyday life
Negotiate household expenses and time for care.
Life across generations
Compare generations across changes such as the 2010 education rights rollout.
05 / SOURCES
Sources and scope
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
Right to Education Act 2009
Original source ↗National Family Health Survey 5
Original source ↗India census 2011
Original source ↗Aadhaar Act 2016
Original source ↗Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017
Original source ↗06 / LIFE ARCHIVE
Lives that began here
Only completed simulation records voluntarily made public by players appear here.
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07 / NEXT COUNTRY
Choose a birthplace. Discover a different life.
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