She inhabits, simultaneously and seamlessly, the two opposing connotations of the Tibetan term: one suggesting faith, the other family; the former symbolising renunciation, the latter attachment.
Sitting on the floor of an ashram in Manhattan's Lower East Side, Ikhlaq Hussain tuned his student's sitar, with his fingers passing over the strings. This
Tambimuttu claimed to be descended from the kings of Jaffnapatam; he certainly ruled over the principality of Fitzrovia. Tambi, as he was known in the literary bohemia of London during