During its journey from the tail ends of the Western Ghats to the Arabian Sea, other names have been bestowed upon the Bharathapuzha. Or more accurately, other smaller rivers and tributaries with different names come together to form the larger water body we now call the Bharathapuzha, resulting in a fiesta of appellations that betray the speaker's provenance. Names like Thoothapuzha, Kunthipuzha, Kannadipuzha, Kalpathipuzha, Gayatripuzha, and, my favourite, the existentially hopeful 'Shokanāshini' or the destroyer of sorrows.