Kasturika Mishra belongs to the beach town of Puri and is a trained classical singer. She is also trained in Odissi and gazal style of singing. She works 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 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 Books by Kasturika Mishra Metamorphosis