Kathmandu, July 26 -- Why Instagram has kind of taken over our lives

Kussum Ghimire spends an average of three hours on Instagram every day. Ghimire, who is taking a gap year and preparing to study medical science for her undergrad, mostly uses the site to either connect and communicate with the people she knows or to look into news, new discoveries and trends in areas she's interested in like, poetry, illustration, music, science and medicine, travel, and stand-up comedy.

"What makes using Instagram convenient is the fact that you can be very particular about the content you view," says Ghimire, adding that unlike other social media sites, you aren't required to view tagged posts or posts liked by someone else and can control what you ...