High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Uday Prakash (born January 1, 1952) is a Hindi poet,scholar,journalist, translator and short story writer from India. He has worked as administrator, editor, researcher, and TV director. He writes for major dailies and periodicals as a free-lance writer. He has also received several awards including 2010 Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi for his collection of short stories, Mohan Das.