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Dhananjay, called Dhan by friends and family, is the adopted son of retired politician Anson Badhan. He's a talented kid, with an ear for music and an intuitive understanding of rhythm. He's also got a laundry list of profound learning difficulties that play no small part in him remaining a nineteen-year-old high school student, with no end to his educational career in sight. At school he's an object of ridicule; however, online he's one of the better-known names in post-rock music. Endlessly patient and tooth-achingly sweet, Dhan is a good friend to those who take the time to look. Unfortunately, not many do.

For much of his life, Dhan's gotten by in school and in life by relying on his twin. When they were in the same classes, they did readings together, and they'd work on papers together, and pair up for group projects. (Not to say Dhan didn't carry his own weight; he's quite intelligent and did form an independent understanding of the material.) Once they got into high school, they started splitting up more for different classes and interests. this tactic failed rather abruptly, to the tune of Dhan falling behind by first a few English requirements and then failing his algebra classes, until now he's been a senior for a year and a half.

It's not that he doesn't try, or that he's not being given opportunities to learn. Dhan just doesn't test well and has multiple accessibility issues. He tries his best, but to those who don't know him or his difficulties he tends to look profoundly, willfully stupid, and he resents that. The longer he's stuck in high school, the angrier he gets about it, to the point where even his own legendary patience is beginning to fail. Even if he does manage to graduate this year (which may well be impossible) he's still got to deal with the effects his disabilities have on the rest of his life. Those difficulties are far-reaching.

Dogs are always excited to see Dhan and will eagerly approach him. Even normally-aggressive dogs will be friendly and affectionate.

Dhan is the elder of the Badhan twins (his sister Roshanna is a sophomore at Rider-Waite). This makes it extra lame that he's still a high schooler.
He has one elder brother, Jon, who is 47 and has two kids.
Dhan's got two albums on Bandcamp and a tidy monthly Patreon income. He's not super well known, but he's got his fans.