Kozhikode, April 8 -- The narrow winding road from Narikkode to Keezhariyur was decked in a sea of flags. The red flag of the CPI(M), the green flag of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), and the hand-stamped tricolour of the Congress acted as signposts to the political preferences of this rural area in northern Kerala, where agrarian prosperity had long ago given way to wealth from Gulf remittances. A small memorial stood sentinel to the memory of the Hindu-Muslim cast of the Keezhariyur Bomb Conspiracy case. This is where local socialists, led by K.B. Menon (later a Member of Parliament), plotted to bomb the railway following the launch of the Quit India Movement in 1942. It is here that Fathima Thahliya is seeking a place in history....