India, March 9 -- In 2025, rapper Raja Kumari completes 10 years as an artiste in the music industry and as she reflects on the last decade, she has some mixed emotions. "When I think back on the last 10 years, I realise everything happened for its reason. All the struggles have made me into the person I am today. I do think of my art as an offering at the altar of Goddess Saraswati. In the last 10 years, I feel that I have created a safe place, and I hope that I can create that for others too," Raja Kumari says.

However, the rapper admits that the last three years have been pretty difficult and transformative for her. "In 2023, I released an album independently and learned so much about the industry and its politics. While the world was...