Talk:Mech people

Proposed merge with Bodo people

Not sure which should be the preferred title but these appear to be synonymous. Sitush (talk) 20:25, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

The Mech and Bodo people are listed separately in Endle. Chaipau (talk) 15:53, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

@Sitush: @Chaipau: Mech was listed in counting the number . But proper designation used for them was Bodo in Hodgson. We should merge it. Because Original Mech Identity of lower assam completely merged in Bodo. In Endle , Instead Bodo , Kachari term was used. Instead Bodo , Mech term was used. You can see that in endle. If you want to create separate article for Mech then you can create Mech-Kachari who are more or less Sarania culture they can be found in upper Assam. So, Bodo = Mech + Kachari of the endle book. Thanks PerfectingNEI (talk) 12:07, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

The Mech people are listed separately in People of India (Vol XV) (2003). [Addendum: They are listed separately in the ST list as well (http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf)] They are a related, but separate people. Chaipau (talk) 21:38, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

@Chaipau: Not separated. Today's Mech is just few families of Original Mech. Upper Assam Mech was from single family. People who claimed Bodo write Bodo as their tribe not as Mech. PerfectingNEI (talk) 11:56, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

PerfectingNEI, sorry. We are going by what is available in the sources. Chaipau (talk) 17:16, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Mech tribe is different from Bodo and instead bodo tribe is the offspring of Mech tribe. Koch Rajbanshis who are decendant of Mech had been given ST status earlier through an ordinance. If they are same then why separate ST status given to both bodo and Koch?InspireTheWorld1 (talk) 09:13, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

@Chaipau: I think this page should be merged with Boro people page because no mech call themselves mech. ST-Certificate is government document, they don't give proper explanation. It can be changed also. This page speak nothing more than Boro. For example- Among Dimasa , there are three-Four different certificates Dimasa, Hojai , Barman, Kachari. And you surely know that the place inhabited by Mech is called Bodoland.Logical Man 2000 (talk) 16:09, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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The Bodo-Kachari is problematic

@Chaipau: You have added Bodo-Kachari instead Bodo. You have just made the Mech as father of All tribes. All Bodos aren't even Mech. Mech tribe was caste name because It's Hindu origin term . Even Kachari is also caste name because It's given by Hindus. Mech is name section of Bodos imposed by strangers who lived in undivided Goalpara to Mechi river in Past. Please rethink about your writing. You can find information about it in Hodgson. So, Bodo-Kachari is inappropriate . Instead It should be Mech is section of Bodo not All. Like I'm not Mech. My Family don't have Bathou. I've never seen Bathou before the age of Internet. I was always considered as Hindu. I'm not even Shankaria. Please rethink about term. Thanks PerfectingNEI (talk) 22:10, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

 Done Corrected. Chaipau (talk) 22:22, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

@Chaipau: I have added - Hodgson wrote as "Mech is name imposed by strangers. This people call themselves as Bodo" and Bodo language along with citation of Book. PerfectingNEI (talk) 08:11, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Bodo-Boro

Hogdson used Bodo. So did Grierson. Keep Bodo. Using Boro is WP:OR. Chaipau (talk) 13:44, 7 May 2020 (UTC)