Meet the ‘Modern Hermits’ of the Digital Era By Prof Nitesh Tripathi
Back in 2013, I was reading a BBC article titled, “Hikikomori: Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms?” I came to know that Hikikomori are the people who totally withdraw from society and seek an extreme level of social withdrawal. That is why they were described as “modern-day hermits” although there…