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.