#10 Intertwined

Bhopal - 21st September 2021

Yes! That one!

We've seen the same model of car on the road nine times in the last week, on nine different occasions.

It's a new arrival to the market, it's available in several colours but we like the dark gray one. We hadn't seen many of them on the roads around here, liking the novelty, we booked one last Wednesday, to be delivered in a month's time.

Since then, we've been seeing these cars everywhere. Just the morning after booking the car, we found a large advertisement on the front page of The Telegraph, a beautiful picture of the car in dark blue.

On the way to the bazzar Ma overhead two men commenting on the same model - "Black one's the best".

Baba has been noticing one or two on the road almost everyday on his way to or from work.

While flipping channels on TV I spot a scene from the soap with that car - bright red.

What's going on? Was it always like this? If so, why are we noticing now?

We smile nervously. The car smiles back.

The car says: "Our stories are now intertwined. You used to ignore me before just like you ignore everyone else, but now that's it's about you, you can't do that anymore. The world is a blank canvas, you paint on it with the colours of your perception. You could have painted whatever you like, but here you are, painting me."

"Your love of self has touched me now, and I feel loved. I feel like I belong: I have a home now. Your home."

"See you soon"

And she zooms past, 60 miles an hour.