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About Me — Harsh Bhakhri
Facing and embracing the dark passenger within, sharing what he has to say…
Dark passenger, the term I once heard on a TV series (any guesses), is that inner personality that one always hides from the world — that self one knows is dented and scared. But at the same time, that dark self fulfills inner desires and cravings for happiness or gives a sense of normality. I do believe in this dark passenger in oneself, and I have a dark passenger in myself, which I do not want to show to the world in real-time, but would instead share my life stories, experiences, and thoughts in raw form through mine and my dark passenger self (at times).
Who am I?
I am Harsh from New Delhi, India. I am, professionally, a researcher currently struggling with my PhD degree from AIIMS, New Delhi. In a nutshell, our lab is trying to develop a vaccine against HIV (it’s not as simple as it seems in words). But unprofessionally, I am a wanderer — not in that sense where one goes from place to place, but more in the mind of a dreamer. I dream a lot, imagine a lot, sometimes too much.
I was born and raised by my mother alone, so I have a different perspective on life, family, and friends (which I will start sharing soon). I am an emotional yet less expressive person (a self-assessment), and I deal…
