In 1983, one Stanislav Petrov made a decision that would forever change the fate of mankind. During the peak of the cold war between the USA and the USSR, USSR early warning systems detected that the USA had launched 5 nuclear warheads towards Russia. Had the higher authorities been informed of this, Russia would have […]
Category: Editorial
If you’d been following OutFocus regularly you’ve noticed that we didn’t publish stories since December 31st. You thought maybe we’d forgotten. We did not. We’ve been busy. As some may know, we had a new update to the website talked about in this blog post. We’re also working on something we’ll announce some time next […]
Since the news that Trump actually won the US Presidential Election, I half dreamed of a great disaster to have happened – an earthquake or a volcanic eruption. The terror he inspires in even someone outside the US is immense. The red of the republican party feels a lot like a red warning sign this year. Donald […]
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans” There couldn’t be more truth to this quote. It was 7 PM on a Sunday – 31st July 2016. I was lying relaxed on the bed in our hotel room at Madurai as the final day of urban survey was over and I was eager […]
26 Jan 1950. First Republic Day of Independent India. While the World was sleeping on the night of 14th August 1947, India was burning its midnight oil. Nearly 100 years of struggle and thousands of martyrs later, came the freedom. Freedom from the British Raj. Or Atleast that’s what we thought. While it’s true […]