Saturday, March 20, 2021

The tiffin box

Everyone in course of life, took a tiffin box at school or office or work place or at picnic. Every tiffin box is important and jas it's own story. Some mixed up with love and care of mother some with affection of wife and few tiffin made a day joyful.
Well eating is necessary for living and the bitter truth is one who earn those bread use to have pre cooked food kept in tiffin may be for 4 or more hours to keep energy level high for working. It's hard to digest but most part of world "the tiffin box" has it's own importance and if you focus closely that tiffin doesn't justify just a person but entire family.
When I was a kid, starting educational journey by being an play school student I got my first introduction to the tiffin box. A nice colorful box indulged with a water bottle was just enough to fascinate me. Actually that time neither me nor anyone who at that age able to understand what tiffin actually is? We all go for box but important is the food kept inside. My mother use to give variety of food which were tasty for me and I enjoyed with my friends and teasing them that food is tasty because mom kept in this beautiful box and vica versa when someone else has tasty food. That time tasty food defined as the food we like not with the fact what actual taste is.
As we grown up, we could understand actually food matters not the box. And the taste came in food is just because love care affection towards us by whom food was cooked that is by mother father sister brother wife or anyone else. That depends on how strong the bond with that person. Obviously mother's love is unmatched but apart from that every one matters because compiling food before you leave for work/school requires lot of effort and maintaining that affection is even more valuable than ingredients.
Ingredients are just available for preparing food but the emotions behind cooking is what the flavor we taste. We never understand before pointing out salt is missing in food but the effort and mess behind that is never understood. Think before you say.  Salute to all Annapurna (goddess of food ; may be abbreviatedto one who cook food with selfless attitude). 


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