An image showing a robot emoji, indicative of AI/LLM, and 3 em dashes next to it. An upper case M is placed below one of the em dashes to show it's width in relation.

Who Stole My Em Dash?

I loved the em dash for its messy elegance. Now it just makes my writing look like it was spat out by a language model.

May 13, 2025 · 1 min · Vishal V. Shekkar
A photo of Anand driving the car, shot on film. The highway to Goa Mopa airport is seen in the background. Shot with Rollei 35S on Kodak Pro Image 100 film.

A Nihilistic Conversation with Anand, the Driver

An unexpectedly deep conversation with Anand on our drive to the airport touching on optimistic nihilism; and I’m still pondering it a month later.

March 1, 2025 · 2 min · Vishal V. Shekkar
A midjourney imagining of a dark movie theatre showing silhauttes of people.

The Fidgeting Strangers

Caught between two oblivious leg-jigglers, I endured a movie seat earthquake that turned into an accidental physics illustration.

July 30, 2024 · 2 min · Vishal V. Shekkar
A midjourney imagining of a busy Bangalore street where the story takes place.

Beautiful Routines

A story on routines and their beauty told using an interaction of a couple I observed in Bangalore traffic.

August 18, 2023 · 1 min · Vishal V. Shekkar