Journalist Ruhi Tewari's book, a result of several years of field reporting, brings together a journalist’s field notes, research and experts to weigh in on the female voter in India.

Some edited excerpts from an interview with @anniephilip.bsky.social

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"So, as we celebrate some wins for our girls in blue, there’s more to be done. The road ahead for women’s cricket will need play parity as well as pay parity."

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"This, to me, is the heart of decolonizing leisure: reclaiming the commons not as functional or transactional spaces, but as places of shared joy, rest, and presence. The right to loiter is not only about individual freedom; it is about a collective imagination of equality."

#WhyLoiter in interview

" In their framing, the quest for pleasure strengthens the struggle against violence and extends beyond women, toward an “undifferentiated right to public space” for all marginalized groups."

#WhyLoiter in this interview. See thread.

"To loiter is to imagine safety not just as the absence of violence, but as the freedom to seek pleasure, to linger, to belong."

#WhyLoiter in this interview. See thread.

"For Indian women, they argued, the right to loiter is the right to simply exist in public without purpose or apology. It is about claiming joy in a city that too often frames women’s presence only in terms of work, consumption, or danger."

#WhyLoiter in this interview.

"In the city of Bombay, India three women, Shilpa Phadke, Shilpa Ranade, and Sameera Khan took this question seriously. Their research, captured in the book Why Loiter?, turned a seemingly trivial act into a radical proposition."

#WhyLoiter in this interview.

In the city of Bombay, India three women, Shilpa Phadke, Shilpa Ranade, and Sameera Khan took this question seriously. Their research, captured in the book Why Loiter?, turned a seemingly trivial act into a radical proposition.

The free flow of information is vital for the protection of human rights, especially in situations of conflict and resistance. NWMI demands the release of the journalists detained in Egypt and the return of their passports.

The detention of journalists gathered in Egypt this week to cover the scheduled march to Gaza has further extended the radius beyond which international media are not being allowed.

NWMI states that the action against @nikitajain.bsky.social
and other journalists reporting on the march is unwarranted and unjustified.

As part of a major curriculum overhaul led by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), these textbooks now feature gender-inclusive language, imagery, and illustrations to foster awareness and sensitivity from a young age.

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We wish to express our appreciation for our fellow women mediapersons at News Laundry who have taken legal recourse against their abuser, despite being aware of how time-consuming and emotionally draining that path can be. Please know that we have your back. #TimesUp #MeToo (9/9)

As this particular case continues to be heard in court, we place our faith in the judicial system and hope that justice will be served. (8/9)