http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/ from www.independent.co.uk en-GB Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:17 +0100 http://www.typepad.com/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/beauty-treatment-at-the-barber.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/beauty-treatment-at-the-barber.html By Andrew Buncombe I just want a quick trim really, nothing special, nothing fancy. And I need to get in and out quickly. But the two young barbers are not going to let me off so easily. "Sir, will you... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:18:32 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/exclusive---ins.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/exclusive---ins.html By Andrew Buncombe There are days as a journalist when you realise you're not telling people the whole story. I have lots of days like that in regard to Burma. Who really knows what is going on in this secretive,... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:18:56 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/busted-at-the-b.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/busted-at-the-b.html By Andrew Buncombe A couple of weeks ago I was crossing the border to Pakistan bearing, as a gift for a friend, a bottle of vodka. I'd hate readers to think that us journalists have a thing for drinking, but... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:43:08 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/up-and-down-the.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/up-and-down-the.html By Andrew Buncombe Today's posting about the escalators on the Delhi Metro is by guest blogger, Kate Sturla, the daughter of a friend of a friend and a student at the Univerity of California at Berkeley who is studying for... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:48:00 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/indias-top-10-.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/indias-top-10-.html By Andrew Buncombe Many thanks indeed to everyone who bothered to participate in my recent challenge to name the ten best things about India. There was a pretty good feedback on this topic both from Indians and visitors to the... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:05:02 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/tragedy-and-far.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/tragedy-and-far.html By Andrew Buncombe The members of the '88 Generation Student Group are some of the bravest men and women you're never likely meet. They take their name from Burma's failed democracy uprising in 1988, an uprising that was brutally put... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:20:45 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/an-update-from.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/an-update-from.html By Andrew Buncombe Earlier this week, I wrote a story about the Dalai Lama's growing impatience with the Chinese authorities in regard to his efforts to secure autonomy for Tibet. I included a report of a speech he had given... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:15:09 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/release-aung-sa.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/release-aung-sa.html By Andrew Buncombe At her house on Rangoon's University Avenue, Aung Sang Suu Kyi sits and waits. Imprisoned off and on for the best part of two decades, this weekend marked 13 years of accumulated time she has spent either... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:08:29 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/indias-sweet-to.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/indias-sweet-to.html By Andrew Buncombe I was wandering around Delhi's famous Bengali Market today, located close to Connaught Circus and well known as the heart of the city's sweet shops. When people talk about sweets, or mithai, in India they are almost... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:39:31 +0100 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/the-ten-best-th.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/the-ten-best-th.html By Andrew Buncombe Last week, while questioning the utility of India's unmanned mission to the moon, I promised to write an unapologetically positive post about the country in which I live. That was not hard; while there are plenty of... Asian (con)Fusion Andrew Buncombe Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:46:41 +0100