In the nineties, sociologists began to notice a surprising behavioral change among young people in Japanese cities. At the time, Japan was going through an economic cold, called the Ice Age, and young people were feeling the shame of failure, guilt, frustration, and isolation. A large part of them continue to isolate themselves from the surrounding society and the world. They spend hours and hours alone, day after day alone at home, loneliness and social distance become their adorable and beloved, mechanical companions become more desirable than human companions. It is said that in the late nineties, about 1.2 percent of the people in Japan (about one million in number) were affected by this strange behavioral problem. In 1998, psychologist Professor Tamaki Saita named the problem ‘Hikikomari’. Hickey in Japanese means ‘withdraw and comari means inside.
According to Professor Saita, this is not a mental disorder, but a complex psychosocial condition in which people begin to wrap themselves not only inside the house but also inside themselves. Millions of people around the world are now being forced to live alone, isolated, and distant day after day due to covidar epilepsy, according to Hikikomari, a new type of behavioral problem. Western scientists have named it ‘Cave Syndrome’ or Cave Rage. The way we used to think, spend time, enjoy the company of our loved ones and enjoy the art and culture in the previous era of Kovid, Kovid – there is no doubt that it will change a lot in the future. This psychosocial evolution is happening very slowly without anyone noticing, which will change the perception of sociologists about the future of mankind.
The standard of living is changing a lot in the new normal reality
Who knows if the Hikikomari community would love to be trapped in a kind of self-inflicted and self-inflicted bubble, or not! We may have to wait a few more decades to see what impact this revived philosophy of life is going to have on the world of literature, culture, entertainment and growth in the future. Recently, the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education published a detailed review of the impact of hyperthermia on the world’s cultural scene. It shows that the billions of euros that music, literature, theater, cinema, painting and other sectors have lost in the long 2020 lockdown across Europe will probably never be reversed. During this time 2 lakh 27 thousand music events or concerts have been canceled, 6 lakh 64 thousand performing art events have not been held.
Venue alone has suffered a loss of 1.2 billion euros. In this one year, more than 50,000 people involved in the film industry in the UK have lost their jobs. The closure of 6,000 movie theaters in France for several months has cost 400 million euros. Hundreds of bookstores, theaters, cinema halls and production houses have been permanently closed. The traditional Berkeley Book Store in the United States or the oldest bookstore in Kolkata, Mahen Tiwari, will never open again. One-third of Spain’s famous flamenco stages have closed, and the curtain has fallen on Madrid’s 140-year-old villa racer forever. According to the researchers, according to Flamenco, street and stage performances will be lost from the earth in the near future, because the audience is the lifeblood of all these live performances.
The way we used to spend time with our loved ones before Kovid-19
The habit of maintaining social distance, agaraphobia or crowd-panic, addiction to hygiene or ham office-ham schooling practices will increase further. A large number of people will be more comfortable in the outside world than before. A ghetto generation growing up in the pandemic will not be able to completely free themselves from social isolation and isolation, they will continue to grow up within their own confines. So what will be the movie, drama, music or dance? So will people throw everything else except the necessary work in the cancellation register? Maybe we can see some of the patterns of the new world right now. These industries are looking for new ways to reach the audience. E-distribution or e-presentation is becoming popular.
In the days of Atimari, all the industries went to the abyss, but there were OTT platforms in Payabara. In the first four months of the lockdown, the number of Netflix subscribers increased by 22.6 percent. Shares of companies like Netflix, Prime Video or Amazon continue to rise sharply. We are also noticing the trend of releasing movies, documentaries, music videos etc. on online platforms in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, a major production company in Bangladesh has moved away from filmmaking and announced that it will debut on a digital platform. The trend of video game downloads has increased at an incredible rate.
