Nissim Ezekiel's poem "The Night of the Scorpion" vividly captures a rural Indian crisis where a mother's scorpion sting prompts communal rituals amid infrastructural deficits. The research paper examines how local language is marked by "Indian English" idioms like repetitive chanting and present progressive tenses. It embodies chants and folk cures, reflecting superstition and solidarity against the backdrop of rural poverty. It argues that these elements underscore inadequate infrastructure, such as absent electricity and medical access, highlighting community resilience in post-independence India.
D. R. Patil (Fri,) studied this question.