The Neprican has been released on the internet and the android market. It is focused on young men and women from Nepal to connect with all over the world.  I tried out from my computer and also tested their app from my Google Nexus 5p phone. I found the website responsive and the experience was consistent on both the web and app.    According to the creators of Neprican, their free social network service is aimed to make it easy to find Nepalis for news sharing, finding new friends, finding new jobs, college and more. When you login from the computer and sign up, it shows a three-bar icon on the upper left corner of the app accesses the main menu, which includes options such as Profile, Pictures, Friends, Messages, People Nearby and Groups. You can post status updates on your profile, search for other users by name. I found it easy to connect with some other current users that are living nearby by using the ‘People Nearby’ feature. The groups feature was also useful in h...

This is the celebration as it was in Bhaktapur  CoWritten by Sajana Bhadel and Amanda Summers Are you the kind of person who likes superstition? Can you walk under a ladder or cross the path of a black cat? If this describes you, you'll enjoy this festival. Parents swing their children through the fire as the effigy burns to release demons and bad karma, like a fresh start. Everyone joyfully follows the straw figure down to the river to be done with negative energy, such are some of traditions during this lively festival. Gathe Mangal, or Ghantakarna Chaturdashi, is a festival is celebrated generally in the month of Shrawan, June/July. We have a special puja/offering to demons, serpents and other supernatural and natural elements like wind, water and fire to get rid of evils powers and the legendary demons. There is a belief among Nepalese that there used to be a Demon named Ghantakarna, a legendary demon who spread havoc against the people. Although this festival is celebrated thr...