This paper focuses on the power of Indian superstition. The theme of the poem is an experience of a scorpion bite that was inflicted on the poet’s mother. It also shows the stringent satire on the lack of medical and scientific knowledge that plagues the lives of so many people in Indian. The supremacy of superstition is brought out by the people of the village to a great extent. It also high lights the role of superstition in village as well as in cities.