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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
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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,
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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,
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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
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