June 2017 Fiction & Entertainment Currency Press

Melbourne Talam Rashma N Kalsie

Melbourne Talam
Rashma N Kalsie


Melbourne Talam tells the story of three Indian characters on three different types of visas—spouse, student and work—as they search for belonging in a foreign city. A train accident disrupts each character’s ‘talam’—a Tamil term used in music, it is the base on which the notes of musical compositions and poetry rest—redirecting the lives of all three. The characters face adversity in many forms, both external and internal, and the conflict between their aspirations and the reality of the migrant experience drives the play’s drama.