Photo by Hari Nair

The very name of this band conjures up the pain of separation from their motherland, the bonding of kindred souls in the midst of adversity.

They are Jamyang, Jigme and Ingsel, aged 25, 24 and 22, sons of Nyima, who was brought to India as children as part of the great influx of refugees from Tibet following the Chinese invasion. Theirs is the universal language of youth now combined with the music traditions and instruments of their native Tibet; a land they have never seen but which they yearn for along with their community.

"We are free, but we are aware of what is happening through the news and television." Jamyang. (Anjana Rajan, Hindu online).