Bhabra's story is a curious one. He was a very creative man who, by all reports, possessed a keen intelligence, and who sought to make his way in life on the strength of those characteristics. I had a fleeting contact with Bhabra several years ago, when he was host of TVO's "Imprint" series and I was moderating an online discussion hosted on TVO's server. I can't remember exactly what is was that we disagreed on, but it had something to do with a philosophical view of the nature of capitalism or capitalists.
I think Bhabra took a dim view of the current state of the world, and in an almost Marxist way, concluded that the problems lay in the power structures of our society. From the little I know about Bhabra, it appears as if he chose to live his life, at least partly, outside the scope of those power structures. He left a career in finance to become a writer, and despite his initially bright prospects, seemed to be struggling. I read in the paper that he wasn't sure how he would pay next month's rent.
Bhabra was not exactly a laid-back kind of person; while he was at TVO there were rumours that he had tried to sabotage his co-host. It appears as if Bhabra wasn't above a certain conceit in his abilities.
It isn't really fair for me to even speculate about why Bhabra killed himself, because I really know so little about him. Nevertheless, I think it is possible that Bhabra found it increasingly difficult to accept that he hadn't lived up to his own high expectations, or those of the others who praised his early writing. I think that he might have seen this as showing that he didn't have the capacity to make the system work for him, on his terms. I think that this realization could have shaken Bhabra to the core, and might, possibly be the reason that he climbed onto the Don Valley Viaduct very early last Thursday morning, and jumped.