[3] She is considered a part of "Nepal's first wave of recording stars", recording folk, classical and even pop songs, during the first wave of country's modernisation after the fall of the Rana regime.

[7][8] Meera was born to Nirmala and her husband Shambhu Prasad Mishra, a tabala player, in Kathmandu on 24 September 1951.

She recorded more than 1,700 songs in a musical career spanning almost six decades.

In 2009, she joined national politics as a member of Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal.

[7] In recognition of her contribution to Nepali music, she was awarded the Narayan Gopal memorial prize in 2016, shared with Gyanu Rana.