Background
Mishra was born on 1 June 1915 at Jhānjirmangalā, Cuttack, Odisha to Bidyādhar Mishra and Subhadrā Mishra.
Mishra was born on 1 June 1915 at Jhānjirmangalā, Cuttack, Odisha to Bidyādhar Mishra and Subhadrā Mishra.
His early life was spent in struggling which is the core part of his autobiography Mo phutā dangāra kāhāni. Mishra preferred "Phaturānanda" as a pen name in all his writings. Some of his popular writings include Nākatā Chitrakar (1953), Sāhi Mahābharat.
Faturānanda is well known for his distinctly unique and original style of writing.
He uses simple and colloquial language with a natural flow. According to Faturānanda “Stories I wrote initially were of tragic nature.
After publication of “Dagaro” from Cuttack I started noticing the comic and humorous stories in lieutenant Those were more or less of the same plot.
Foreign example, romance between a college boy and a college girl.
Both decide to get married, but face some obstacle just before lieutenant Finally the end of their romance. After seeing the same situation in all these published stories, I said – can’t there be any humor without these college boys and college girls.
I made up my mind then and there not to ever include romance in my humor and satire.
I have followed this principle ever since.”.
His satirical writings in Odia were based on political reality and prevailing cynicism.