Tandoor- wala (the bread cook) & Rakh- wala (the Protector)
It’s partly a salutation to the Tandoor- wala (the bread cook), opposite our residence, baking Rotis (the Indian bread) for several years. It helped us look after ourselves as a family.
Baking / cooking rotis in Tandoor is an art – a tedious one though:
- You are exposed to constant heat – even in blistering summers
- It’s a low paid job – without much social status
- You are meticulously looking over each roti – making sure no one is overcooked / undercooked
- You remove each roti from Tandoor – once its ready
It’s interesting to see the parallels between Tandoor- wala (the bread cook) & Rakh- wala (The Almighty Protector)
- The Lord makes sure that we are sufficiently seasoned, within & without, before He lets us move to the next stage.
- He is watching over us – in constant heat!
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