<b>Ashish Sharma:</b> Real Life economy isn't fun

GDP grew 7% for October-December over a year-ago period, exceeding estimates

A video game called Real Life recently published gross domestic product data for its India edition. GDP (an in-game metric that shows the total value of all goods and services produced in Real Life’s India edition) grew 7 per cent for October-December over a year-ago period, exceeding estimates. Thus, the India edition retained the title of Real Life’s fastest-growing major economy, despite the alleged pain brought by an in-game shock feature called demonetisation (fancy for note ban). Real Life makers say note ban was necessary to crack down on dirty money, to fully virtualise the in-game currency (rupee), and to