What you need to sign up
Getting set up on Muluwin doesn't ask for much. You'll want a working mobile number and an email you can actually open, plus a couple of quiet minutes when nobody's ringing you. Most people in India do the whole thing on a phone, so keep it charged and within reach; a code arrives by text partway through. The name and number you enter should be your genuine ones, since they stay tied to the account afterwards. That's the shortlist.
What actually counts as genuine? Your legal name, spelled the way it sits on any ID you might show later, and a date of birth the form can read. Watch the surname. Phone keyboards love to autocorrect an unusual one into something they recognise, and that small slip causes more grief later than you'd ever guess. A mobile that catches an SMS matters more than which handset you hold. Landlines can't catch the code.
One thing here isn't up for debate. You have to be an adult to open an account, and 18 is the floor the sign-up quietly checks against the birth date you key in. Pick a password now rather than reaching for the first word that springs to mind — something a friend couldn't guess but you won't forget by tomorrow. Steady signal helps, too. On a train with patchy bars, the code fetch can time out before it lands, so wait for a solid connection first.

