Tikaram was born in Münster, Germany, the daughter of a Malaysian mother Fatimah Rohani and an Indo-Fijian British army father Pramod Tikaram, and grew up in Germany, moving to Basingstoke England when she was in her early teens.
Tikaram was born in Münster, Germany, the daughter of a Malaysian mother Fatimah Rohani and an Indo-Fijian father Pramod Tikaram. Her father's military career meant that she spent her early life in Germany before moving to Basingstoke, England when she was in her early teens.