July 3rd, 2010: As clichéd as the question may read, it still is a mystery. Who knows what David Davidar, KPS Gill, Phaneesh Murthy, Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, Anand, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., Sen. David Vitter, R-La., former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., one-time Democratic presidential hopefuls John Edwards and Gary Hart, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, current New York Gov. David Paterson, or former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey were thinking ...

July 2nd, 2010: David Davidar, the former CEO of Penguin International, recently resigned from the company in wake of the accusations slapped against him by a female colleague. India-born David Davidar claimed and confessed that he had a “consensual, flirtatious relationship” with his former colleague Lisa Rundle, dismissing her accusation of sexual harassment. The statement did not elaborate on what exactly is a “consensual flirtatious relationship”. But it can be seen as a blow to Davidar, who is fighting allegations of sexual ...

July 6th, 2010: Amidst all the allegations and accusation, Davidar's wife is standing by him. "We'll get through this together," said Rachna, who comes from a prominent book-selling family in New Delhi and managed McNally Robinson's former bookstore in Don Mills. They've been together for 15 years. Author Ashok Banker, who came out strongly against Davidar in his blog (he claims the site’s server crashed due to the tremendous response), was quick to update his blog to say Davidar admitted all. Banker had blogged that he was aware of ...

July 3rd, 2010: On November 25, 2009, supermarket tabloid The National Enquirer published a story claiming that Woods had an extramarital affair with nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel‎, a claim she denied.  The story began to attract media attention when Woods had a car accident a day and a half later. He was leaving his home around 2:30 a.m. in his SUV, a 2009 Cadillac Escalade, when he collided with a hedge, a fire hydrant, and finally a tree down the street.  Woods was treated for minor facial lacerations, and cited for careless driving. He ...

July 3rd, 2010: David Davidar (b. 1959) was born in Kerala into a military family. He graduated from Madras University and soon moved to Bombay to pursue journalism, before changing over to publishing. He completed a course in publishing from Radcliffe/Harvard. David Davidar is best known as the head of Penguin India, who turned around its publishing program from a mere six titles in 1987 to 150 titles annually. In 2004, he relocated to Penguin Canada and is now based in Toronto. The House of Blue Mangoes is his debut novel, a voluminous work chronicling ...