Meet the e-kid with the GoI award for blogging : Hindustan Times

Allahabad's five year old Akshitaa Yadav draws and paints her sketches and her father puts them on her blog Pakhi ki Duniya.

Her theme sketches made her the youngest blogger in the country and the recipient of the National Child Award for art and blogging November 14, 2011 at Vighyan Bhawan. The award was given to her in New Delhi by the Government of Indian Official on behalf of the President.

Akshitaa (Pakhi) was awarded 'Best Baby blogger' award for her blog 'Pakhi ki duniya' at Hindi Bhawan, New Delhi.

Sources reveal that the Government of India awarded a blogger for the first time. Currently Akshitaa is studying at Girls High School in Allahabad says a proud KK Yadav father of Akshitaa.
KK Yadav, Director Postal Services in Allahabad and her mother Akanksha Yadav, are alos a popular blog writers. On Monday the were conferred "Best Couple Blogger of the Decade" in the international bloggers meet at Rai Umanath Bali Auditorium for their valuable contribution to a meaningful blogging.

Akshitaa who was present with her parents there said, My papa operates blogs for me, I speak he writes and put them on my blog."

KK Yadav shares his experience of Department of Posts with his readers through his blog "Dakia Dak Laya" and "Shabd Srijan ki Ore" is more based on social issues while Dakia … is just about postal issues.

While, his wife Akanksha Yadav is active through her blog "Shabd Shikhar" she mostly writes about women empowerment and women related issues. "Yes women empowerment is an important issue which often remains neglected. So I try to raise a debate over issues like dowry, education, service and exploitation of women at working places besides that I also discuss literature and poetry."

Not only this, grandfather of Akshitaa is also an active blogger. Ram Shiv Murti Yadav is known for his blog Yadukul which mostly raises religious issues and some burning issues of Yadav community.

Courtesy : Hindustan Times, 29 August 2012
(A report by Anupam Srivastava: anupam.srivastava@hindustantimes.com)