Don't know who turned Mayong into India's Hogwarts!

Mayong, Assam: A beautiful village with rhinos, riverbanks… and apparently, shape-shifting sorcerers who turn bullets into fish. That is, if you believe the truly unhinged travel blogs and SEO clickbait out there.

In this episode, we unspool the myth of “India’s land of black magic” and how a small village got buried under internet nonsense, why mainstream media couldn’t be bothered to fact-check, and how bad tourism copywriters turned folklore into fantasy fiction. Spoiler: there’s no Hogwarts. Just history, oral traditions, and a museum being held together with hope and one man’s tea shop.

Come for the myth. Stay for the unhinged blog quotes. And please, stop asking villagers about necromancy.

Important links:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayong,_Assam
2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/mayong-the-land-of-black-magic-witchcraft-and-necromancy/articleshow/91669288.cms
3. https://www.treebo.com/blog/mayong-village/
4. https://www.outlookindia.com/travel/from-kites-to-black-magic-visit-these-five-quirky-indian-museums-news-196779
5. https://villagesquare.in/mayong-the-ancient-hogwarts-of-india/
6. https://www.makemytrip.com/tripideas/blog/mayong-village-in-assam
7. https://raiot.in/
8. https://raiot.in/demystifying-black-magic-mayong-village-museum-and-research-centre-assam/

Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all. 

Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week.

Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!