Karan Mahajan explores the evolotion of India's Bollywood traditions in an article recently published in the New York Review of Books. As noted in the article's precis, "realistic depictions of religions, sexuality and politics have been off-limits in Bollywood for decades, but in recent years, directors were able to bypass censorship by moving to the small screen." Karan Mahajan is an Assistant Professor in Literary Arts, with a primary focus in ficiton.