Partyin’ with PartyNepal | Music

The second annual street party in Thamel organised by PartyNepal
Three charismatic boys with only one mission—a mission many of us wouldn't mind having—to party and to party hard. The founders of PartyNepal.com are Mandil Pradhan, who also looks after the website, takes pictures and designs PartyNepal artworks, Robin Sitoula, the main man behind the scenes who manages to manage everything and Bhusan Thapa, the man who finds the money, advertisers and charms the media. To look at these three boys just hanging around at their parties or dancing, no one would think that they were the brains behind one of the biggest event management companies in Nepal but don't be fooled. These lads' maybe boys but they are also serious businessmen – who know how to have a lot of fun.

The concept of PartyNepal came up when Robin, the ever-adventurous soul, was backpacking across Europe—one of his favourite pastimes—and reached Delhi. There he decided to log on to Nepali websites to find out exactly what was happening in our country. He definitely found out what was happening. He found the country's political situation, its stand on social issues and even dozens of people to chat with but the one thing he couldn't, for the life of him, find was the social scene in Nepal. Not the social scene that would interest academics or politicians but a teenager. Where were the parties? Who was wearing what? Who was being seen with whom? These were questions whose answers Robin was unable to find on the net. He then hit upon the idea for a website which could answer all these questions. Hanging out at the Himalayan Java Coffee house Robin was able to meet up with Mandil and Bhusan and share his dream only to find the other two as enthusiastic about the idea as he was. The rest, as they say, was history.

The PartyNepal crew, Bhushan, Mandil and Robin.
PartyNepal today is a brand name synonymous with parties in Nepal. If its not a PartyNepal event, it can't really be worth attending is the norm in the Nepali party circuit. They have managed to not only to stage the biggest parties in Nepal but also the best parties. The quality of a party organised by PartyNepal is a cut above the rest, a far cry from their first party, which was held in a small Chinese restaurant in Thamel. Well it may have been a small Chinese restaurant and the worst possible site for a party but the media coverage and amount of people who attended it said otherwise. After that party, the boys knew they had hit a niche in the market and could already see the moolah pouring in.

Two years since their first party and still partying on, the three businessmen seem to be more than happy with their company and their lifestyles. Their business is doing well and they are completely independent. As Mandil says " We are doing quite well for ourselves, atleast we don't have to ask our parents for money." "Yeah, I can afford to backpack across Europe once a year. We are satisfied," Robin quips in. On their 2nd anniversary on 2 April this year the boys have decided to celebrate a quiet victory unlike last year when they let the world know of their existence and conquering of the party scene in Nepal, which they helped create. The plans for the company however are big. PartyNepal is planning to go global and organise parties not only in Nepal but also all over the world. They plan on expanding their brand to encompass the world. There are nepalis all over the world and all of them love partying. As Mandil says " We will try to organise parties all over the world. It will be organised by Nepalis for Nepalis. After all, why should PartyNepal be restricted to Nepal?'. This year these three boys plan to take on the world and if their success in Nepal is anything to go by, they probably already have another victory on their hands.