Quote Originally Posted by Johanna
There is such a big cultural gap at times, and it can be REALLY hard and to handle when you are stressed and under pressure...
Northern European + Indian = culture clash....
This is rather interesting, actually. I'd like to know the details about that cultural gap, since I'm interested in the Indian culture but it's not the place to discuss it... I've so far been irritated only by the treatment of women, widows especially, but I think the situation improved a lot in the last decades.

Quote Originally Posted by Johanna
Doesn't the word "cartoon" mean drawn figures (animations?) like Donald Duck etc?
I'm not really sure about how to use this word. As I understand it, the first meaning is what we call "карикатура/caricature" (i.e., a funny picture in a newspaper). But it can also mean "animated film." I sort of settled for calling Disney full-length animation, like "Beauty and the Beast", "animated film" and using "cartoon" for short stuff. But perhaps it's better to just say "animated film."

From the wiki:

Cartoon--
The modern meaning refers to both humorous illustrations in print and animated films.
P.S. The one thing I do hold against Indians is that two of my favourite films -- Asoka and Dil Se -- were flops in India. I just can't get it, they're so beautiful. But not in traditional, rainbow-garish Bollywood style. It's poetry expressed through visuals (I'm not even into poetry). If that makes sense. No, actually, I can understand about Dil Se, as I didn't love it at first sight either -- it was so different and unexpected. I'm reading a thread on Dil Se right now on another forum... And I totally don't know if this will be of use to anyone but here's

the best post on Dil Se I ever read (the first one)

a site about the film explaining how it's about the 7 shades of love