Kasturika Mishra belongs to Puri, Odisha is a trained classical singer. She has also trained in Odissi and gazal style of singing. She worked as a senior cataloging Librarian at the US Embassy New Delhi.
She writes and recites her poetry in English, Oriya, Hindi and Urdu mostly on social media especially Facebook and has performed live sessions on almost all leading Hindi and Urdu literary platforms and festivals. She was featured in Amar Ujala Cafe kavya goshthi, Orange City Literature Festival, 2021, Ahmedabad International literature Festival, 2022, Global International literature festival, 2022, Kavyagoshthi shabdostav, 2022 at Shimla. She has been part of the Kalinga Literary Festival for poetry sessions.
She is empanelled as book reviewer for The Book Review and her reviews of Arundhati Subramaniam and Shubha Mudgal ji has been published. She also writes on dance, music and theatre for www.classicalclaps.com and www.narthaki.com.
She has adopted a baby girl sixteen years back from an adivasi region of Odisha and is a unmarried single mom along with her childhood friend Minati Mishra and has been advocating adoption.
