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Proud freelancer | Founder @nature.narratives | Secretary @assitejindia | MA Theatre for Young Audiences '21 @rosebruford

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Why Loiter Campaign's Women This Week.
Here is a consolidated list of all that's happening under the purview of Why Loiter Campaign's walks, meet ups, hikes, book clubs etc across the country THIS WEEK.

ALMORA WALK

TEZPUR WALK

KANDIVALI EAST WALK

BHIWANDI WALK

BAHAR MILO MEET UP THEMED AROUND MENTAL HEALTH

EARLY MORNING TREK IN BELAPUR CBD

BOOK CLUB GATHERING IN PARK IN MALAD

Go through the post for details on each.

Because women's movements must be sustainable and sustained

Because happy women make for stronger resistance

Because women's bodies in public spaces is a revolution

Because India needs to wake up and know that we are not waiting for "leaders" to tell us what to do anymore

Because we are taking things in our own hands. We are initiating, organising, mobilizing, redesigning and redefining what Indian politics will look like.

Because no one needs to tell us we need to "protest" a certain way.

We will decide. What our protest will
LOOK SOUND FEEL like.

Because we are decentralising leadership.

Because we are not worshipping heroes anymore.

Come on women, let's do this, together!

PS - we sent out a call across WA women's groups asking for media help and within 5 minutes we had an all India, highly experienced and talented media team that has made and designed all these lovely posters.
A big shout out to all of you. by @nishnamehta

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5 days ago

Come loiter and read in a garden with us!

We'll be reading and discussing some Indian feminist writing together. If you love reading, want to explore Indian Feminist writing, and want to occupy a public space together, then this is the place for you!

Note: reading material will be shared at the meeting, no pre-reading required.
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साथ पढ़ने और मस्ती करने पार्क आजाओ!

भारतीय फेमिनिस्ट-नारीवादी साहित्य को हम साथ मिलकर थोड़ा पढ़ेंगे, थोड़ी चर्चा करेंगे।
अगर तुम्हे पढ़ना मज़ेदार लगता है और फेमिनिस्ट- नारीवादी लेखन और मज़ेदार लगता है तो आ जाओ पार्क में, यह जगह आपकी है, हमारी है!

(पढ़ने का समान पार्क में ही मिल जायेगा, पहले से किसी तयारी की ज़रूरत नहीं है) by @nishnamehta

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5 days ago

It has been transformational, to say the least, to initiate the @whyloitercampaign in Malad. What started as a reluctant "leadership" role, because, come on, every group project ends in that one person doing all the work but the Malad Loiterers proved me wrong with decentralised leadership with different people stepping up to take the lead even without a prior heads up between last weekend and this weekend.

Personally, small changes like stepping out wearing certain clothes and not carrying an extra layer, my parents not asking me every hour about my whereabouts, the first Krantinaari of my life (mummy) joining us for one of the walks (because she was busy chilling in Manali with her girl gang during the last one), to just generally feeling less burdened about existing as a woman and finally realising that the "bad girls" I grew up idolising weren't bad girls after all 🤷🏽‍♀️ taken in Malad by @nishnamehta

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9 days ago

Malad ki Krantinaariyon chale chalo!
Reclaim the night
Reclaim our right
To exist, to safety
Walk away from patriarchy
One step at a time
In this very lifetime.

Bring placards, bring songs, poems, stories - anything that ignites the Krantinaari in you! Especially your best pinks 💖

DM @nishnamehta for any questions

*Women, inclusive of cis, trans mascs, non-binary individuals and gender minorities who are subject to misogyny and patriarchal violence in its many forms. taken in Malad by @nishnamehta

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11 days ago

Loitered enough?
Not yet...
We're back on the streets this Friday to take back the night.
Let's reclaim the night, let's reclaim public spaces, let's loiter!

Aadha aasman humara hai ✊🏽

Stay tuned for the Malad route.

Are you coming? taken in Mumbai, Maharashtra by @nishnamehta

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13 days ago

We're back on the shore preparing for a new season of Tidepool Tamasha at a new location! Today was a day of so many lifers 🪸 (including paani praani paglu @sahirdoshi behind the scenes) by @nishnamehta

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14 days ago

What a day to walk hallu hallu with @gohalluhallu and @bombay_ka_shana on 13th September, World Indigenous Rights Day, to one of the Adivasi padas in the heart of suburban Mumbai. From looking at the difference in the Dahisar River outside and inside the national park to understanding the significance of the Warli script (art) to lazing in the river and of course, the food and the people we spent the day with. A great reminder to look around and reflect on our relationship with the land we stand on, with the city love in and where we come from. by @nishnamehta

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23 days ago

The Nature Educators' Meet Up Mumbai-Thane-Kalyan chapter is celebrating Big Butterfly Month at the BNHS CEC Butterfly Garden this Saturday, 19th September. @nishnamehta will be sharing some of her own anecdotes of spending time in this space as a child along with poems and stories curated that celebrate these fascinating creatures!

If you are a teacher/educator/parent/artist, any adult who loves nature, this peer sharing space is for you!

🎟️ Entry fee*
Rs. 150-200/-
*Please note the fee is only for the butterfly garden entry, the meet up is free.

💧Make sure to carry sufficient water and snacks if required.

🌺 Just a reminder that this is an informal meeting. Our goal is to facilitate a free-flowing, safe and inclusive space for nature & nature education enthusiasts, to share and exchange ideas and perspectives.

DM us for any queries! by @nishnamehta

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a month ago

When the world drowns in the flood of indifference, words flow straight from the heart.

Here's a reminder that one of the very few habitats of the Greater One-horned Rhino is at risk #savekaziranga

Poem written a few days ago, photo from my last visit to Assam in 2021. by @nishnamehta

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a month ago

In June I wrote a new story "The Wild Doesn't Need Google Maps" about a lost Tussar Silk Moth I observed 8 years ago. What started as a reading for @alba_out_this_n_that and @rafe_by_the_ocean in their backyard, turned into the curation of an art+science programme: Night Neighbours.

Last month we celebrated National Moth Week (@mothweek) with more inputs from our collaborators Sefi George (@summer_scribbles) and Gaurav Soman (@butterfliesofmulund). This gave the story an edge in their own special ways.

Sefi and I had been planning this for weeks until we were faced with a huge challenge of finding a suitable venue that made setting up a moth screen possible. Finally, we presented the programme online and what an experience it was to share the story from a dark room I set up at home and asked the participants to switch off their lights and experience the story in the dark followed by making Sefi's flying Luna Moth!

Gaurav stepped in last minute to fact-check the story making it authentic and made it a part of his butterfly and moth walk at Ovalekar Wadi Butterfly Garden (@ovalekarwadibutterfly) . Performing at a butterfly garden for families and fellow butterfly enthusiasts and watching the man himself, Mr. Rajendra Ovalekar in action with his saplings was a different kind of magic.

Night Neighbours has taken many different shapes and forms throughout the weeks leading up to National Moth Week and I hope it metamorphoses further every time I perform this story. by @nishnamehta

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2 months ago

Ending our @mothweek celebrations tomorrow with a unique walk by @butterfliesofmulund followed by a reading of our new story "The Wild Doesn't Need Google Maps" at @ovalekarwadibutterfly Thane. Let's get to know the moths of Mumbai through their host plants, life cycle and a story of a lost moth in the city!

Date: 26th July, 2026
Time: 9 am to 12:30 pm
Venue: Ovalekar Wadi Butterfly Garden, Thane
Entry: Rs. 100 (to be paid at the garden entrance)

DM us or @butterfliesofmulund for more information by @nishnamehta

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3 months ago

*Night Neighbours goes online!'

National Moth Week 2026 is truly special with the theme Moths In Art. Join us on Zoom this Friday night to celebrate these beautiful night shift pollinators with us. We have an exciting storytelling session led by Nishna, about a curious Tussar Silk Moth, and an art workshop led by Sefi, where you can make your own Moon Moth with wings that actually flap!

A great way to unwind after your work week, and celebrate our gorgeous night-neighbours 🌙

Sign up here, or DM us for the 🔗

#nightneighbours #mothweek #artworkshop #theatre #nature by @nishnamehta

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