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Traditional farming in Nepal
Nepal is still an agricultural country even though we import tonnes of ration from neighboring countries annually, even though we depend on basic food supplies and farming essentials. Majority of Nepalese, needless to say countryside, remote and village people, depend on agriculture as a source of income. While commercial farming are going on rapidly in Terai and many valleys in the hilly regions. [Read more...]
Nepali Social Networking Sites – img by GorkhaCreed
Well, we are convinced by now that nearly the whole of the Internet Population in Nepal uses Facebook, the most popular social networking website (Read: : सामाजिक सञ्जाल फेसबुक र ट्वीटरमा कति नेपाली होलान्?) As of March 3, 2012, there are more than 13 lakh Nepalese in the Facebook. While this large number of netizens are using international social networks, there are more than a dozen Nepalese or Nepal-based Social networks already – most of them are clone of Facebook in one or the other aspect.
Usual features like wall posting, images and videos sharing, group formation and page creation, chating/IM etc. are found in all of these social sites. Sadly, none of these so-called Nepalese Social Networks have user interface in Nepali language itself (except one, find it below) and don’t use Secure version (https). Let’s explore this list of Nepalese social networks.
Nepali youths and netizens are taking about the latest social site in the K-town but are these truly Nepali social networks. Making a new free social media site has become easy using Content Management Systems (CMS) platforms and our publishing houses easy get them covered without understanding the technology used behind. Whatever the situation is, let’s see what are the latest free social sites in our context.
Facebook timeline logo, source: techbend.com
Facebook’s new timeline feature has recently been compulsory for all its users. The new timeline is more designed to be like a life journal – telling your life story with a new kind of profile according to the Facebook. However, many users doesn’t seem to like it, the first reason being – The Facebook timeline requires skills to use initially. So, people started searching ways to disable the Facebook timeline despite the company’s policy to mandate this new feature.
Every popular internet browsers can be modified to disable the new Facebook timeline feature temporarily. Watch the video below prepared by TechSansar.com to disable timeline for 4 different popular internet browsers, namely Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Apple Safari. Facebook Time line is not compatible with older browser versions like Internet Explorer 7, if you live in backward techno world chances are you are still lucky with non-timeline preview of your Facebook profile (your friends still see your Timeline, however). [Read more...]
बिश्वको सबैभन्दा ठुलो सामाजिक सञ्जाल (Social Network) फेसबुकमा नेपाली प्रयोगकर्ताको संख्या १३ लाख पुगेको छ| औपचारिक रुपमा फेसबुकको आफ्नो प्रोफाइलमा देशको नाम नेपाल राख्ने प्रयोगकर्ताको आधारमा यो संख्या निर्त्योल गरिएको हो| यो संख्या १३ लाख भन्दा अझै धेरै हुन सक्छ किनभने नेपाली मुलका विदेशमा बसोबास गर्ने सबैले आफ्नो देशको नाम नेपाल नभईकन हालको देशको नाम राखेको हुन सक्छन, अनि कतिपये नेपालीले आफ्नो देशको नाम नै नराखेको पनि हुन सक्छ|
