Meet and drink: Tony D’Souza and the toddy tapper

‘It was the most remarkable encounter of my life.’

by Tony D’Souza 7th April 2023

It was the most remarkable encounter of my life. It was perhaps more remarkable because no words passed between us: he did not speak English, and I did not speak Tamil. That didn’t matter, because what happened when I met the toddy tapper was beyond words.