To mark Hindi Divas celebrations, the Academy decided to felicitate writers, mostly bloggers, writing in Hindi. Not that we are after awards, but it was humiliating,” said Ashok Pandey, a Hindi writer who runs the website ‘Asuvidha’. Lucknow-based Rahul Dev was mistakenly called by the Academy officials. “I don’t know which Rahul Dev was shortlisted,” she told The Hindu in her defence. “If this has happened, then it is very unbecoming of the Hindi Academy.

Source: The Hindu September 15, 2016 00:10 UTC