“Parallel Lives: A Day in Seven Realities” is a non-fiction interactive digital narrative that immerses audiences in seven ordinary lives across the globe over a single day. Through a combination of narrative text, interactive reflections, and timeline-based navigation, readers move between characters—a student in India, a gig worker in the UK, a woman in the Middle East, a migrant laborer, a journalist, a tech engineer, and a domestic worker—observing their realities shaped by education, labor, gender, migration, and technology.
The work is designed as a digital documentary experience: it is interactive, reflective, and non-linear. Readers choose which life to follow, engage with prompts, and witness parallel moments, fostering empathy and awareness of global inequalities. Multimedia elements, subtle animations, and timeline visualization enhance engagement. The goal is observation and reflection, not entertainment—encouraging audiences to consider how structure, choice, and circumstance shape everyday lives.