Sharing my journey to a slow, intentional life.
One mildly overthought post at a time.
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This essay is adapted from the introduction I presented at Rialto/Griffioen for a screening of Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light. I had the privilege of introducing the film and wanted to offer the audience a few ideas to carry with them into the screening: about women and the…
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Reclaiming the Body in Verse: Marginalized Poets, Hair, and the Politics of Presence
Poetry has long been a terrain where power structures are challenged, reimagined, and sometimes dismantled. Within this tradition, underrepresented and marginalized poets—particularly women, queer writers,…
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The Architecture of Absence
It begins, as these things often do, with a choice that feels like betrayal. To spend your days unraveling the forgotten voices, the silenced poets,…
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The Classroom as a Battleground for Meaning and Difference
Education, at its best, is an act of rebellion. It dares to disrupt the comfort of certainty, to dismantle the walls we build around ourselves,…
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My Ghazals are Broken: Wabi Sabi
On completing two years with this PhD! Faith bobs in disco lights, delicious Turkish drivers in Uber rides Veiled morning on the Rajpath bride, but…
● About Me
Hi, I’m Amrita—the voice behind Diligent Candy. I’m a writer, educator, and quiet rebel drawn to slow living, thoughtful words, and mildly overthinking everything. This blog is my corner of the internet where intellect meets whimsy, and where I explore the sweet spots between scholarship, simplicity, and joy.
