%0 Journal Article %T ¡®Alien¡¯: What harvest has the Western cultural geography reaped on Indian soil? §¹§å§Ø§à§Ö , §Ú§Ý§Ú §¬§Ñ§Ü§Ú§Ö §Ó§ã§ç§à§Õ§í §Õ§Ñ§Ý§Ñ §á§â§Ú§ê§Ö§Õ§ê§Ñ§ñ §ã §©§Ñ§á§Ñ§Õ§Ñ §Ü§å§Ý§î§ä§å§â§ß§Ñ§ñ §Ô§Ö§à§Ô§â§Ñ§æ§Ú§ñ §ß§Ñ §Ú§ß§Õ§Ú§Û§ã§Ü§à§Û §á§à§é§Ó§Ö %A Irina Glushkova %J Cultural Geography & Geohumanities %D 2013 %I Russian Research Institute for Cultural & Natural Heritage %X The article deals with an ¡®official¡¯ cultural geography of contemporary India as propagated by the Indian Council of Social Science Research. This approach has been shaping throughout the last century in colonial, as well as post-colonial state while neglecting an old and original geocentric tradition of South Asia proper. Altogether, an analysis of ¡®alien¡¯, i.e. of ideas adopted from the West and implanted upon India, reveals that this variety of cultural geography is characteristic of neither its focused object nor a particular mode, illustrating the triviality of common space for human existence and human encounters with anything else. §°§Ò§Ù§à§â §à§á§Ú§ã§í§Ó§Ñ§Ö§ä §ã§Ú§ä§å§Ñ§è§Ú§ð §Ó §à§æ§Ú§è§Ú§Ñ§Ý§î§ß§à§Û §Ü§å§Ý§î§ä§å§â§ß§à§Û §Ô§Ö§à§Ô§â§Ñ§æ§Ú§Ú §Õ§Ö§Ü§Ý§Ñ§â§Ú§â§å§Ö§Þ§à§Û §ª§ß§Õ§Ú§Û§ã§Ü§Ú§Þ §ã§à§Ó§Ö§ä§à§Þ §á§à §Ú§ã§ã§Ý§Ö§Õ§à§Ó§Ñ§ß§Ú§ñ§Þ §Ó §à§Ò§Ý§Ñ§ã§ä§Ú §à§Ò§ë§Ö§ã§ä§Ó§Ö§ß§ß§í§ç §ß§Ñ§å§Ü. §¿§ä§à§ä §á§à§Õ§ç§à§Õ §æ§à§â§Þ§Ú§â§à§Ó§Ñ§Ý§ã§ñ §ß§Ñ §á§â§à§ä§ñ§Ø§Ö§ß§Ú§Ú §á§à§ã§Ý§Ö§Õ§ß§Ö§Ô§à §ã§ä§à§Ý§Ö§ä§Ú§ñ §Ó §Ü§à§Ý§à§ß§Ú§Ñ§Ý§î§ß§à§Þ §Ú §á§à§Ù§Õ§ß§Ö§Ö §Ó §á§à§ã§ä§Ü§à§Ý§à§ß§Ú§Ñ§Ý§î§ß§à§Þ §Ô§à§ã§å§Õ§Ñ§â§ã§ä§Ó§Ö §á§â§Ú §Ú§Ô§ß§à§â§Ú§â§à§Ó§Ñ§ß§Ú§Ú §Õ§Ñ§Ó§ß§Ö§Û §Ú §à§â§Ú§Ô§Ú§ß§Ñ§Ý§î§ß§à§Û §Ô§Ö§à§è§Ö§ß§ä§â§Ú§ã§ä§ã§Ü§à§Û §ä§â§Ñ§Õ§Ú§è§Ú§Ú §ã§à§Ò§ã§ä§Ó§Ö§ß§ß§à §À§Ø§ß§à§Û §¡§Ù§Ú§Ú. §¡§Ó§ä§à§â§ã§Ü§Ú§Û §Ñ§ß§Ñ§Ý§Ú§Ù §é§å§Ø§à§Ô§à , §ä.§Ö. §á§â§Ú§Ó§ß§Ö§ã§×§ß§ß§í§ç §ã §©§Ñ§á§Ñ§Õ§Ñ §Ú §á§â§Ú§Þ§Ö§ß§×§ß§ß§í§ç §Ü §Ú§ã§ã§Ý§Ö§Õ§à§Ó§Ñ§ß§Ú§ð §ª§ß§Õ§Ú§Ú §Ú§Õ§Ö§Û, §ã§Ó§Ú§Õ§Ö§ä§Ö§Ý§î§ã§ä§Ó§å§Ö§ä §à §ä§à§Þ, §é§ä§à §Ó §ä§Ñ§Ü§à§Þ §á§à§ß§Ú§Þ§Ñ§ß§Ú§Ú §Ü§å§Ý§î§ä§å§â§ß§Ñ§ñ §Ô§Ö§à§Ô§â§Ñ§æ§Ú§ñ §ß§Ö §à§Ò§ß§Ñ§â§å§Ø§Ú§Ó§Ñ§Ö§ä §ß§Ú §ã§Ó§à§Ö§Ô§à §á§â§Ö§Õ§Þ§Ö§ä§Ñ, §ß§Ú §ã§Ó§à§Ö§Ô§à §Þ§Ö§ä§à§Õ§Ñ, §Ñ §ä§à§Ý§î§Ü§à §Ý§Ú§ê§ß§Ú§Û §â§Ñ§Ù §å§Ü§Ñ§Ù§í§Ó§Ñ§Ö§ä §ß§Ñ §ä§à, §é§ä§à §é§Ö§Ý§à§Ó§Ö§Ü §Ú §Ó§ã§× §Ö§Ô§à §à§Ü§â§å§Ø§Ö§ß§Ú§Ö §ã§å§ë§Ö§ã§ä§Ó§å§ð§ä §Ó §à§Ò§ë§Ö§Þ §á§â§à§ã§ä§â§Ñ§ß§ã§ä§Ó§Ö. %K §ª§ß§Õ§Ú§ñ %K §Ü§å§Ý§î§ä§å§â§ß§Ñ§ñ §Ô§Ö§à§Ô§â§Ñ§æ§Ú§ñ %K §Ñ§ß§Ô§Ý§à-§Ñ§Þ§Ö§â§Ú§Ü§Ñ§ß§ã§Ü§Ú§Û §á§à§Õ§ç§à§Õ %K §á§à§ã§ä§Ü§à§Ý§à§ß§Ú§Ñ§Ý§Ú§Ù§Þ %K India %K cultural geography %K Anglo-American approach %K post-colonialism %U http://gumgeo.ru/index.php/gumgeo/article/view/82