Dear Bloggers, At the God's Own Country hotel, "History and literature enlisted by commerce. Kurtz and Karl Marx joining palms to greet rich guests as they stepped off the boat." Kurtz is an ivory trader who more or less fools the African natives into believing he is a demigod and then sets up a monopoly on the trade. Needless to say he is not a character Marx would usually rub elbows with. The reference to Marx is made with the mention of Comrade E.M.S Namboodiripad, the Chairman Mao of Kerala. But how are they linked? Is Roy referencing the fact that this disgustingly collosal hotel is being advertised as the former home of a communist, yet is trampling and mocking what is Marx's poverty stricken proletariat. The town of Ayemenem, is a perfect example of what Marx predicted would happen to all factory towns during the European Industrial Revolution. Everything that was once rich and prosperous becoming corrupt and broken down, a forgotten piece of insignificant economic history. Is it therefore fitting that "The history house" should become the centerpiece for a massive hotel exploiting the labor of the impoverished surrounding it? History... it's all history. The town that originally drew the owner of the house, is now gone. Swallowed by rotten slums, puking amidst the smell of feces. The history house. The history town. The modern hotel, post-historical.