Mitra Samal presently lives in Bhubaneswar, India where she is a software professional with a passion for both technology and literature. Her recent poetry book called Beginning was published in 2018. Her poems have been published in Poetry Society India, Muse India, Borderless Journal, Madras Courier, Setu, The Punch Magazine, Dissident Voice and FemAsia among others. You can find her on Instagram: @am_mitrasmal and Twitter: @MitraSamal.