Episode 4: Kalyani Inpakumar

In this episode we meet Kalyani Inpakumar, a Tamil woman who lives in Sydney. She came to Australia in 1990, coming to meet her then-husband, with whom she would have two daughters. Kalyani describes herself, with pride, as having come from Tamil Eelam.

We learn about Kalyani's migration journey, which took in multiple countries. And we hear her stories of community-building, of how she now works with Tamil community organisations and newly arrived refugees. The building of spaces and cultures where migrants and citizens can work together and learn from each sits at the centre of Kalyani's story. This active creation of informal connections and networks offers a vital perspective of how statelessness is negotiated.