Research Project 5: Preliminary Study on the Livelihood of Meches in Nepal and Bodos in BTR
A cross-border ethnographic and economic study exploring ancestral links between Meche in Jhapa/Morang and Bodos in Assam.
Led under the School of International Relations and Comparative Studies and School of Bodo Economy and Development, this project conducts comparative field investigations into the Meche community residing in the Terai region of Nepal (Jhapa and Morang districts) and the Bodo people in BTR, Assam.
Focusing on agrarian systems, traditional sericulture, customary community rights, and linguistic retention, the study illuminates historical migration routes and contemporary cross-border livelihoods.
Keywords:
#Meche Nepal
#Bodo BTR
#Comparative Livelihood
#Terai
#Ethnography
#Economic Transformation