Last month we published an article on how GST will negatively impact movie ticket prices. But is GST in itself so bad? The answer honestly is no. With some caveats, it is very acceptable. I’ll explain this as simple as I can. GST is the largest economic reform since India’s Independence and although we were […]
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On the international cricket commentary scene, the meaning of the phrase ‘you truly value something only when you have lost it’ has has been understood only in the past year. Harsha Bhogle – Indian by origin, international by love and an icon by global acceptance, has been selected as part of the commentary team for […]
Since June 2006, Tamil Nadu state government has exempted collecting entertainment tax for movies that have a Tamil title and gets cleared with a U certificate with the view to promote Tamil culture. This has become a restriction for movie producers and directors; but we’ve also seen many creatively named Tamil titles over the past 11 […]
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 […]
We recently published an article on how social media is becoming “amnesic” with the epidemic of the stories feature. But there’s a thin line between liking someone and being obsessed with them. Like a teenage schoolgirl wanting to be like the cool girl in class, the copycat spree is becoming ridiculous now. Following is a […]
Knowing my penchant for argument, my friend sent me this ScoopWhoop article claiming Christopher Nolan as a vastly overrated filmmaker early today Morning: As any true Christopher Nolan worshiper, I have the compulsion to reply to this article with my own. First of all, the article starts by stating a quote by Oscar Wilde – […]
It’s been a while since I’ve written something, so before I begin doing what it is that I usually do, I’d like to first apologize for the inconsistency, and thank you for the support. So, March. March in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere is the birth of Spring, such a joyous time of the […]
My editor asked me to scour for new article and minutes later I saw this headline about the ban on Pepsi and Coke (BBC News – Asia) along with few others. Traders in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have banned the sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in favour of local products. The ban, […]
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 […]
A relationship is something I haven’t been able to quite relate to for some time now and to be honest, it does bug me a teeny-weeny bit. I see people around me falling in love, dating, hanging out, even getting married. It’s not the not being able to do all the aforementioned that bothers me. […]