" They said a spectre was haunting Europe. 'Do you know what a spectre is?' the ideologues asked the beedi-rollers.
'We know, comrades,' Koomankavu's new proletarians replied. 'We have djinns and poothams here.'
'You are not listening, comrades. "

― O.V. Vijayan , ഖസാക്കിന്റെ ഇതിഹാസം | Khasakkinte Ithihasam