Raja Kumari
Singer and Songwriter
“Self-love should not be confused with being selfish. If I can’t love myself, I won’t be in a position to love anyone else either. No-one else can come and fill that void and make you happy, and the more time I spend with myself, the better I am in all my relationships. The basic challenges I faced in my journey of self-love have been learning to accept myself, for not matching the standard norms of beauty, body, identity or race, and being able to realise that those things don’t define me. Instead, I realised that my spirit, compassion, and generosity are the qualities that are more important. I went through a very scary time, where I was depressed and realised I couldn’t name even