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	'''Neha Singh''' (born 1982) is ~~a female~~ Indian theatre maker, author and campaigner who encourages women to ignore harassment and reclaim the public space.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38031598\|title=100 Women 2016: Indian women 'loiter' in public places at night\|last=Arya\|first=Divya\|date=2016-12-05\|newspaper=BBC News\|language=en-GB\|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>		'''Neha Singh''' (born 1982) is an Indian theatre maker, author and campaigner who encourages women to ignore harassment and reclaim the [[public space]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38031598\|title=100 Women 2016: Indian women 'loiter' in public places at night\|last=Arya\|first=Divya\|date=2016-12-05\|newspaper=BBC News\|language=en-GB\|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>

	Neha Singh started the Why loiter? movement in 2014, after ~~reading~~ the ~~book 'Why loiter?' written~~ by three Mumbai based feminists, Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade. ~~The movement is in its fourth year now and~~ Neha, along with other participants have explored and experimented with various forms on loitering.		Neha Singh started the ''Why loiter?'' movement in 2014, after she read a book of the same name by three [[Mumbai]]-based feminists, Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade. Neha, along with other participants, have explored and experimented with various forms on [[loitering]]. The campaign involves encouraging women to report instances of sexual harassment and rape against men in authority.<ref name="auto"/>

	Neha is the editor-in-chief of the blog www.whyloiter.blogspot.com, which documents and collects stories of the loitering group as well as stories sent in by various women across the world about their own experiences of public spaces.		Neha is the editor-in-chief of the [[blog]] www.whyloiter.blogspot.com, which documents and collects stories of the loitering group as well as stories sent in by various women across the world about their own experiences of public spaces. She was included in the [[BBC]]'s annual list of [[100 Women (BBC)\|100 women]] who have made a positive impact on the world in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-38012048\|title=BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?\|date=2016-11-21\|newspaper=BBC News\|language=en-GB\|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>

	~~She~~ was ~~named on the~~ [[~~BBC~~]]'~~s annual list of #~~[[~~100 Women~~ (~~BBC~~)~~\|100women~~]] ~~who have made a positive impact on~~ the ~~world in 2016~~.~~<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www~~.~~bbc~~.co.~~uk/news/world-38012048\|title=BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?\|date=2016-11-21\|newspaper=BBC News\|language=en-GB\|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>~~		Neha Singh started writing for children in 2011 and her first book, ''The Wednesday Bazaar'', was released in 2014. Since then she has written seven further books for children and young adults and been featured in an [[anthology]]. These include ''Bela misses her train'' (2017) for [[Karadi Tales]], ''Moongphali'' (2017) for [[Rupa Publications]], ''I need to pee'' (2018) for [[Penguin Random House]] India, ''Its playtime'' (2018), ''Kuchh gadbad hai'' (2019) and ''On the metro'' (2020) for [[Pratham]] Books, and ''Is it the same for you?'' (2019) for [[Seagull Books]], India. Neha has contributed stories to The Hindu Young World Anthology (2019) and ''Thank God it's Caturday'', a Westland Publication (2020). She also writes poems, fiction and non-fiction in [[Hindi]] for children and young adults that feature regularly in the children's magazines 'Cycle', 'Pluto' and 'Chakmak'. Her poems and stories have been turned into posters, [[bookmark]]s and poetry cards for children.

	The ~~campaign involves encouraging women to report instances of sexual harassment~~ and ~~rape against men in authority~~.~~<ref name="auto"/>~~		Neha’s books have been nominated for several Indian and international awards like Jarul Book Awards, Neev Literary Awards, [[Comic Con India]] Awards, Peekabook Awards and her book ''I need to pee'' won a commendation at the South Asia Book Awards 2019 in the USA. She has travelled to various literary festivals across India with her books, including the [[Kala Ghoda Arts Festival]] (Mumbai), [[The Hindu]] [[Lit for Life]] ([[Chennai]]), Kolkata Literary Festival, [[Jaipur Literature Festival]], Kitaabo children's literature festival ([[Jodhpur]]), Bookaroo children’s literature festivals ([[Jaipur]] and [[Srinagar]]), Peekabook children's literary festival (Mumbai) and Neev literary festival ([[Bangalore]]).

	Neha ~~Singh started writing for children in 2011~~ and her ~~first book "The Wednesday Bazaar" was released in 2014~~. ~~Since then she~~ has written ~~seven books~~ for ~~children~~ and ~~has been featured in an anthology~~.		Neha is also a theatre practitioner and acts, writes, directs and produces plays. She has her own theatre company called 'Rahi theatre' and has produced, written and directed two plays, ''Dohri Zindagi'' and ''Jhalkari'', which have toured India and been staged 75 times. She has written plays like ''Island'' for [[Manav Kaul]]'s company, ''Gittu Bittu'' for Rasika Agashe and Md. Zeeshan Ayub, ''Walk like a woman'' for [[The Asia Foundation]] and ''The magnificent madness of Mastipur'' for Australian director Peter Williams and [[Bali]]nese [[shadow puppet]]eer Made Sidea.

	~~She~~ has written ~~eight books~~ and ~~two anthologies for children and young adults~~. ~~“The Wednesday Bazaar” (2013) and “Bela misses her train” (2017) for Karadi Tales~~, ~~“Moongphali” (2017) for Rupa Publishers~~, ~~“I need to pee” (2018) for Penguin Random House India, “Its playtime” (2018) and “Kuchh gadbad hai” (2019) and “On~~ the ~~metro”(2020) for Pratham Books and “Is it~~ the ~~same for you?” (2019) for Seagull Books,~~ India~~. Neha has contributed stories to The Hindu Young World Anthology~~ (~~2019) and “Thank God its Caturday”~~, ~~a Westland Publication (2020~~). ~~She also writes poems~~, ~~fiction and non-fiction in Hindi for children and young adults that feature regularly in children’s magazines “Cycle”~~, ~~“Pluto” and “Chakmak”~~. Her ~~poems and stories have been turned into posters~~, ~~bookmarks and poetry cards for children~~.		Neha has written and directed four short films. ''A handful of sky'' won a special mention at the 'Mumbai Dimensions' competition in the 10th [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image\|MAMI]] film festival. Her second film, ''Paperplanes'', was in the competition section at the [[International Film Festival of India]] (Goa, 2011). Her third film, ''My parents don’t fit'', was produced by Anat films. Her fourth film, ''Chitrangada 2020'' was part of the theatre film theatre festival organised by theatre director producer Atul Kumar.

	Neha’s books have been nominated for several Indian and international awards like Jarul Book Awards, Neev Literary Awards, Comicon India Awards, Peekabook Awards and her book “I need to pee” won a commendation at the South Asia Book Awards 2019 in the U.S.A. She has travelled to various literary festivals across India with her books, like the Kalaghoda Arts festival, Mumbai, The Hindu Lit of Live, Chennai, Kolkata Literary festival, Jaipur Literature Festival, Jaipur, Kitaabo children’s literature festival, Jodhpur, Bookaroo children’s literature festivals in Jaipur and Srinagar, Peekabook children’s literary festival, Mumbai, Neev literary festival, Bangalore etc.		Her current projects{{when?\|date=July 2021}} involve two feature films that are in pre-production with Humaara Movies where she is involved as a screenplay writer. Her non-fiction podcast show ''Akeli awaara azaad'' with Culture Machine has been shortlisted by [[Spotify]]. She is also working as a writer director on two concepts for children's web shows with [[Mukesh Chhabra]].
	Neha is also a theatre practitioner and acts, writes, directs and produces plays. She has her own theatre company called “Rahi theatre” and has produced, written and directed two plays “Dohri Zindagi” and “Jhalkari” that have toured across the country and have had 75 shows. She has written plays like “Island” for Manav Kaul’s company, “Gittu Bittu” for Rasika Agashe and Md. Zeeshan Ayub, “walk like a woman” for The Asia Foundation and “The magnificient madness of Mastipur” for Australian director Mr. Peter Williams and Balinese shadow puppeteer Mr. Made Sidea.
	Neha has written and directed four short films. “A handful of sky” won a special mention at the “Mumbai Dimensions” competition in the 10th MAMI film festival. Her second film “Paperplanes” was in the competition section at the International Film Festival of India, Goa in 2011, her third film “My parents don’t fit” was produced by Anat films and her fourth film “Chitrangada 2020” was a part of the theatre film theatre festival organised by theatre director producer Mr. Atul Kumar and garnered rave reviews.
	Her current projects involve two feature films that are in pre production with Humaara Movies where she is involved as a screenplay writer. Her non fiction podcast show ~~“Akeli~~ awaara ~~azaad”~~ with Culture Machine has been shortlisted by Spotify. She is also working as a writer director on two concepts for ~~children’s~~ web shows with Mukesh Chhabra.

	Neha runs a women’s rights campaign called “Why loiter?” that aims at reclaiming public spaces for women by loitering in them. She was chosen as “One of hundred most influential women in the world” in 2016 by BBC for her work. She blogs about the campaign at whyloiter.blogspot.com.

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{{about||other people|Neha Devi Singh|and|Pavitra Punia}}

'''Neha Singh''' (born 1982) is a female Indian theatre maker, author and campaigner who encourages women to ignore harassment and reclaim the public space.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38031598|title=100 Women 2016: Indian women 'loiter' in public places at night|last=Arya|first=Divya|date=2016-12-05|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>

Neha Singh started the Why loiter? movement in 2014, after reading the book 'Why loiter?' written by three Mumbai based feminists, Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade. The movement is in its fourth year now and Neha, along with other participants have explored and experimented with various forms on loitering.

Neha is the editor-in-chief of the blog www.whyloiter.blogspot.com, which documents and collects stories of the loitering group as well as stories sent in by various women across the world about their own experiences of public spaces.

She was named on the [[BBC]]'s annual list of #[[100 Women (BBC)|100women]] who have made a positive impact on the world in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-38012048|title=BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?|date=2016-11-21|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>

The campaign involves encouraging women to report instances of sexual harassment and rape against men in authority.<ref name="auto"/>

Neha Singh started writing for children in 2011 and her first book "The Wednesday Bazaar" was released in 2014. Since then she has written seven books for children and has been featured in an anthology.

She has written eight books and two anthologies for children and young adults. “The Wednesday Bazaar” (2013) and “Bela misses her train” (2017) for Karadi Tales, “Moongphali” (2017) for Rupa Publishers, “I need to pee” (2018) for Penguin Random House India, “Its playtime” (2018) and “Kuchh gadbad hai” (2019) and “On the metro”(2020) for Pratham Books and “Is it the same for you?” (2019) for Seagull Books, India. Neha has contributed stories to The Hindu Young World Anthology (2019) and “Thank God its Caturday”, a Westland Publication (2020). She also writes poems, fiction and non-fiction in Hindi for children and young adults that feature regularly in children’s magazines “Cycle”, “Pluto” and “Chakmak”. Her poems and stories have been turned into posters, bookmarks and poetry cards for children.

Neha’s books have been nominated for several Indian and international awards like Jarul Book Awards, Neev Literary Awards, Comicon India Awards, Peekabook Awards and her book “I need to pee” won a commendation at the South Asia Book Awards 2019 in the U.S.A. She has travelled to various literary festivals across India with her books, like the Kalaghoda Arts festival, Mumbai, The Hindu Lit of Live, Chennai, Kolkata Literary festival, Jaipur Literature Festival, Jaipur, Kitaabo children’s literature festival, Jodhpur, Bookaroo children’s literature festivals in Jaipur and Srinagar, Peekabook children’s literary festival, Mumbai, Neev literary festival, Bangalore etc.
Neha is also a theatre practitioner and acts, writes, directs and produces plays. She has her own theatre company called “Rahi theatre” and has produced, written and directed two plays “Dohri Zindagi” and “Jhalkari” that have toured across the country and have had 75 shows. She has written plays like “Island” for Manav Kaul’s company, “Gittu Bittu” for Rasika Agashe and Md. Zeeshan Ayub, “walk like a woman” for The Asia Foundation and “The magnificient madness of Mastipur” for Australian director Mr. Peter Williams and Balinese shadow puppeteer Mr. Made Sidea.
Neha has written and directed four short films. “A handful of sky” won a special mention at the “Mumbai Dimensions” competition in the 10th MAMI film festival. Her second film “Paperplanes” was in the competition section at the International Film Festival of India, Goa in 2011, her third film “My parents don’t fit” was produced by Anat films and her fourth film “Chitrangada 2020” was a part of the theatre film theatre festival organised by theatre director producer Mr. Atul Kumar and garnered rave reviews.
Her current projects involve two feature films that are in pre production with Humaara Movies where she is involved as a screenplay writer. Her non fiction podcast show “Akeli awaara azaad” with Culture Machine has been shortlisted by Spotify. She is also working as a writer director on two concepts for children’s web shows with Mukesh Chhabra.

Neha runs a women’s rights campaign called “Why loiter?” that aims at reclaiming public spaces for women by loitering in them. She was chosen as “One of hundred most influential women in the world” in 2016 by BBC for her work. She blogs about the campaign at whyloiter.blogspot.com.

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