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House Of Tales – Kalaghodas first contemporary event gallery
MUMBAI: The crescent-shaped Kala Ghoda, a tourist attraction has always been synonymous with Mumbai’s art scene. The area which is known to comprise museums, art galleries, educational institutions, boutiques and restaurants is now home to House of Tales, a cross disciplinary event gallery. The gallery promises to be the ultimate hub where your event meets success. It’s the best place for freedom of expression, be it art, comedy, design or oratory.
House of Tales flexibly caters to events of diverse nature, from art viewings and lifestyle exhibitions to corporate conclaves, talks, and banquets. Launched in the first week of October, 2013, House of Tales has already been the chosen venue for Singapore’s Consul General, Lin Chung Yin with Payal Nayar and Shalaka Ranadive of Dragon Fly Productions launched their book – A Monsoon Feast at the gallery. House of Tales also served as a platform for the online home décor brand, The Home Label, to host a pop up store for their patrons to showcase Diwali collection hand-picked by Sussanne Roshan.
Introduced by young entrepreneur, Neha Sheth, the idea was to enable each one to create their own stories with assistance from professionals. With a strong background of event management and public relations, Neha is now looking forward to making House Of Tales a success. At House of Tales the team assists its patrons and shares the responsibility at every step. From assisting on creative input, catering, conceptualizing, research, photography, event set-up, management, logistics, production to final execution, it provides all services under one roof.
Talking about the gallery, Neha Sheth, Director, says, “At House Of Tales, we aim to promote events that engage, provoke, and inspire. It is versatile in nature and yours to design with any occasion you may want to celebrate and host at the venue, public or private. The House Of Tales will be a place where people of all ages can come together and connect through its diversity of events, where imaginations will be stirred and creativity encouraged at its best.”
Fusing to Kala Ghoda’s artistic charm and yet looking chic and modern, Flamingo Interiors has given the gallery a contemporary, woody and a rusty touch. The interiors mirror the ideology of the gallery and also have a fine balance between elegance and edge. The entrance of the gallery looks beautiful with the razor sharp pillars clad with Turkish Marmara marble, which seamlessly blend with the Italian Venatino marble and the light grey flamed granite. Like an unexpected tale, Wene has given an unexpected twist to modern furniture.
The space can be adorned to suit your individual preferences and accommodate any and all of your needs. The versatility of the space is sure to transform your vision into a reality creating a new tale emerged from your idea.
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Senior media executive Madhu Soman exits Zee Media
Former Reuters and Bloomberg leader says he leaves with “no regrets” after brief stint at WION and Zee Business
NOIDA: Madhu Soman, a veteran of global newsrooms and media sales floors, has stepped away from Zee Media Corporation after a short stint steering business strategy for WION and Zee Business.
In a reflective LinkedIn note marking his departure, Soman said his time within the network’s corridors was always likely to be brief. “Some chapters close faster than expected,” he wrote, signalling the end of a nearly two-year spell in which he oversaw both editorial partnerships and commercial strategy.
Soman joined Zee Media in 2022 after more than a decade abroad with Reuters and Bloomberg, returning to India to take on the role of chief business officer for WION and Zee Business. His mandate was ambitious: bridge the newsroom and the revenue desk while expanding digital and broadcast reach.
During the stint, Zee Business reached break-even for the first time since its launch in 2005, while WION refreshed programming and strengthened its digital footprint across platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.
But Soman suggested the cultural fit proved uneasy. Describing himself as a “cultural misfit”, he hinted at deeper tensions between editorial instincts shaped in global newsrooms and the realities of India’s television news ecosystem.
Before joining Zee, Soman spent more than seven years at Bloomberg in Hong Kong as head of broadcast sales for Asia-Pacific, expanding the company’s news syndication business across several markets. Earlier, he held senior editorial roles at Reuters, overseeing online strategy in India and managing Reuters Video Services from London.
His career began in television and wire reporting, including a stint with ANI during the 1999 Kargil conflict, before moving into digital publishing as India’s internet media landscape took shape.
Now, after nearly three decades in broadcast and digital media, Soman is leaving Delhi NCR and returning to his hometown, Trivandrum.
Exhausted, he admits. But unbowed. And with one quiet line that sums up the journey: he didn’t sell his soul — because some things, after all, are not for sale.
