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  • “Hum hai raahi pyaar ke, phir milenge chalte chalte…”

    “Hum hai raahi pyaar ke, phir milenge chalte chalte…”

    “Hum hai raahi pyaar ke, phir milenge chalte chalte…”

    Goodbyes are strange.

    They bring flashbacks and memories… smiles and tears… anxiety and gratitude.

    But the circle of life continues.

    I feel truly blessed to have such wonderful people around me — who made saying goodbye the hardest part. It’s the daily interactions we part with, not the eternal connections.

    Thank you for a beautiful farewell — where we relived stories, celebrated memories, and honored the amazing ride we had together.

    🙏 Special gratitude to:

    • Apexon Management & Yatendra – for the belief and acknowledgment in building the Infostretch institution & Apexon journey. Teamwork truly makes the dream work.

    • Harish & Utpal – for your kind words and gracious memories

    • Alliance Rockstars – Kavita & Geetanjali

    • Ignite Superstars – Geetanjali, Pravin, Dr. Heli

    • Wonderful Igniters – Krunal, Anand, Jankit, Xama

    • Buddies Forever – Devangbhai, Milind, Kalpana, Ayushbhai, Paras, Mihir, Sheetal, Chirag, Pranay, Anil & everyone!

    And a heartfelt salute to our silent heroes – the ever-smiling Housekeeping, Security & Admin teams — thank you for the love, affection, and care that touched me deeply.

    • Ashokbhai – for always being there with airport rides and warm smiles

    • Jigar – for your support that kept my energy and focus intact

    • Ramibhai & Security Team – for always watching over

    This isn’t goodbye. Just a “see you later” — with deep gratitude and endless love. 💙

  • The Ignite Life: Sunshine. Smiles. Sukoon

    The Ignite Life: Sunshine. Smiles. Sukoon

    “The purpose of life is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate — to make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

     — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    As I sign off from Apexon after 16 incredible years, I want to pause and celebrate something very close to my heart—Ignite.

    What started as a small idea turned into a movement of compassion.

     A platform where we didn’t just give back—we grew.

     We didn’t just support causes—we created change.

     We didn’t just help others—we found ourselves.

    ✨ Ignite has been a happiness project. Our sunshine corner. 

     From mentoring changemakers to empowering NGOs, from learning with leaders to creating lifelong bonds—Ignite has truly ignited me.

    Thank you Rutesh Shah for igniting the mission and providing unbelievable trust and unconditional support

    To every Igniter who chose hope over cynicism, kindness over convenience—thank you. Thank you Geetanjali Sahni, Pravinsinh Rathod, Heli Z Karvat, PhD, Zil Shah, Krunal Sagan, Jankit Shah, Anand Rohit, Sejal Bavishi, Nitin Nikumbh, Charu Mishra, Kashish, Rohini Chandra

    Thank you Manish Mathuria, Sriniketh Chakravarthi, Anand Kabra, Vinu Venkatesh

    To every NGO partner, colleague, and volunteer who shared your light—thank you.

    Because of you, the world is a better place.

    As I move into the next chapter, Ignite remains a part of who I am—and always will be.

    Here’s to living well—and giving well.

    One Life At A Time!

  • Listening – A rare and an extinct quality!

    Listening – A rare and an extinct quality!

    Listening – A rare and an extinct quality!

    In the world that constantly wants to speak and be heard, listen seems almost a forgotten skill! 

    And how costly it is! Yet we do not realise it!

    God gave us two ears and one month – But we do not understand!

    Listen to customers and business will never fail!

    Listen to employees and success will soar!

    Listen to friends and relationships will enrich!

    Listen to kids and family will smile!

    Listen to heart and life will thrive!

  • The River Of Life – Keep Flowing!

    The River Of Life – Keep Flowing!

    Keep Flowing

    Keep Growing

    Be like a river. 

    Keep flowing. 

    Find the way. 

    Reduce speed. 

    Fasten pace. 

    Never rest. 

    Become the ocean. 

    Pic: Jeremy Bishop

  • Global Ignite Week – Scaling Impact

    Global Ignite Week – Scaling Impact

    The world becomes a better place when all of us act together!

    Ecstatic and happy with the inspiring ideas, passionate work and collaborative spirit of Apexon Associates to influence and create change! Servant leadership in action!

    Through Global Ignite Week, Apexon Associates with their friends and families shared their energy, time and talent to contribute to the immediate community and larger environment.

    Quick Snapshots:

    – Over 500 Apexon Associates contributed a total of 2500+ hours to various initiatives, showcasing their dedication to making a positive impact.

    – Painted 7 schools, transforming more than 28,000 square feet of space into vibrant learning environments.

    – Served over 75,000 meals and packed 500 boxes for those facing food insecurity, bringing nourishment and hope.

    – 2,800 Apexon Employees embraced environmental stewardship by adopting and caring for plants, fostering a greener future.

    A heartfelt thank you to everyone for the enthusiasm during Global Ignite Week 2024.

    A big thanks to Sriniketh Chakravarthi, Anand Kabra, Vinu Venkatesh, Vijay Talreja , Nitesh Palresa, Pradeep Anthony, Sandhiya Thiruvengadam, Jo Ramsey FCIPD, Tina Rowarth, Pravinsinh Rathod, Rathod Chetan, Sejal Bavishi, Nancy Sequeira, Nitin Nikumbh, swapnika kanagala, Gokulnath Sivashankaran, Kiruthika Ravichandran, Poorani Balasubramaniam, Jaspreet Singh, Krunal Sagan, Jankit Shah, Manish Shirvalkar, Chetan Jadhav, Geetanjali Sahni & all who made this possible!

    Thanks Rutesh Shah, Manish Mathuria, Vamsi Kora, Radha Krishnan, Sumithra Gomatam, Somesh Khanna

  • Remember the Covid promises?

    Remember the Covid promises?

    Remember the Covid promises?

    Covid was one of the biggest disruptors of our times – which forced us to evaluate our whole lives and existence. Our perspectives towards everything changed – career, health, family, relationships and self. We reprioritised our life and made several promises to self and the world. 

    As the world has bounced back to normal, we seem to have forgotten the covid lessons. How many of us are still living the covid promises that we made? Are you?

    #life #sunshine #purpose #lifepurpose #covid #covid19 #lifegoals #dreams #love #bliss #mondaymotivation #mondaymood

  • A Walk For A Cause, Wellness & Happiness!

    A Walk For A Cause, Wellness & Happiness!

    A Walk For Cause!

    A Walk For Wellness!

    A Walk For Happiness!

    Happy to walk for the 22nd Annual TTEC Wellness Walk – the annual event of supporting social causes, promoting wellness and celebrating goodness!

    Love the energy and vibes emerging from great participation, live music, cheer leaders and of course, impromptu garba!

    Special cheers to our dear friend Kaushal and Parul Mehta, TTEC Team and volunteers!

    Apexon Ignite is happy to be the consistent proud sponsor of the great cause!

  • Modern Love Chennai – An Outstandingly Unique Serving Of Deep Love!

    Modern Love Chennai – An Outstandingly Unique Serving Of Deep Love!

    Modern Love Chennai is clearly the best Indian anthology of Modern Love. All the six stories are amazingly different with their innovative take on love. Beautifully written, all the  stories are sensitively and emphatically presented to keep you thinking long after the end. A wonderful eclectic collection of seasoned true love! 

    Ninaivo Oru Paravai (Memory Is A Bird) is clearly the pick of the lot. It is the director’s version of ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’. A couple breaks up but soon one partner loses his memory and only remembers the positive sunshine of the relationship. What should the other partner do? The visuals are very dark but creatively shot. The entire look of the movie is aesthetically unique and creates a great impact. Wamiqa Gabbi is splendid! 

    Paravai Kootil Vaazhum Maangal (Deers That Live In A Bird’s Nest) is a radically different take on relationships. An extremely mature wife meets her husband’s new lover to discuss the new and interesting situation. She accepts her husband’s new love and never humiliates the lover as ‘other woman’. She helps the children and her adjust to the new world where all of them can co-exist beautifully. No judgements, only acceptance and understanding. 

    Balaji Sakthivel’s Imaigal (Blur) is a very moving tale. Young girl Devi has a very rare eye condition where she is eventually going to lose her eye-sight. Her boyfriend marries her inspite of the potential challenges. Life unfolds its obstacles as she gradually looses her eye-sight thereby causing ripples in their life. A new take on ‘Happily Ever After’. 

    Marghazi is a journey of adolescent romance and ephemeral encounters that uplift the spirits. Love heals!  

    Kaadhal Enbadhu Kannula Heart Irukkura Emoji is a story of cinephile Mallika (Ritu Varma) who searches for a perfect partner through school, college and adulthood. The larger than life world of cinema defines her love and life. 

    Lalagunda Bommaigal is a very very interesting tale with wacky characters – how a heart-broken and fiery young working woman finds love amidst prediction by a godman. Watch out for the ‘Jingrudha Dhanga’ song!

    Music is an equally important star of the series and master Ilaiyaraaja shines with wonderful compositions. All directors have exploited the freedom to paint their shades of love on the open canvas. 

    A must watch!

  • Sita Ramam Review: A Picturesque & Charming Love Story

    Sita Ramam Review: A Picturesque & Charming Love Story

    Breathtaking Visuals. Beautiful Music. Ravishing Actors With Crackling Chemistry. A Poignant Romance Worth Watching – With A Nudge For Humanity!

    Sita Ramam is an epic story set in 1960s and 1980s – a time of simplicity, snail mails, steam engines and landline phones. A modern telling of Ramayana where a Pakistan-origin student Afreen (Rashmika Mandana) is the Hanuman tasked with handing over Indian Army’s Rama’s (Dulquer Salmaan) letter to Sita (Mrunal Thakur). During the pursuit of this task, the hot-headed India-hater Afreen discovers true meaning of love, hope and sacrifice which change her perspective. And we discover the elegant and engaging love story of Rama and Sita. And the movie has a similar ending like all the greatest love stories and all ‘divine and pure love stories’!

    Dulquer Salmaan oozes charisma and innocence – an epitome of virtues. Our Rama is straight from Rajshri-Barjatya movies – the classic Prem! Mrunal Thakur showcases a plethora of colors with her layered and textured performance in an amazing handmade canvas paint movie. She is glamorous, confident, alluring and vulnerable! Rashmika is impressive. 

    Vishal Chandrasekhar’s music is awesome and cinematography is astounding – each frame is composed beautifully. Excellent dialogues transcend the movie beyond just being a love story – Ram tells a terrorist that hopefully he can discover real Quran in his next live. Or the statement that loving your country is great but hating the other country to prove your love for your country is not cool. The movie could have benefited from better editing for sure. 

    Sita Ramam is a clean wholesome love story – a welcome break from the world of sex, crime and violence driven OTT. Good love stories never go out of fashion and humanity always matters!

    Watch it!

    Dulquer Salmaan, Mrunal Thakur in Sita Ramam Movie HD Images

    #cinema #indiancinema #sitaramam #lovestories #romance #bollywood #dulquersalmaan #mrunalthakur #love #sunshine #bliss

  • Modern Love Hyderabad: Baingan Ka Bataan? Nau..Lekin Mazza Nahin Aaya!

    Modern Love Hyderabad: Baingan Ka Bataan? Nau..Lekin Mazza Nahin Aaya!

    Modern Love Hyderabad: Baingan Ka Bataan? Nau..Lekin Mazza Nahin Aaya!

    Formulaic Fare That Does Not Impress!

    Hyderabad is a city with a special magic! The city of pearls is lovingly progressive and its golden hearted people welcomingly share the love for food, cinema and culture. The Hyderabadi lingo, IT transformation, culinary delights and overall warmth stay on….

    An anthology celebrating Nawabi city, cuisine & kiraak Ishq deserves to be much much better! Especially when Hyderabad Blues’ Nagesh Kukonoor paints the multiple shades of Love & muse Hyderabad!

    What is love? Billion definitions for a universal emotion. Is love letting go? Should you wait for love to discover you? Is love unconditional? Modern Love Hyderabad gives a few perspectives.

    Six stories. Six angles. All celebrate love and successfully keep Hyderabad at the centre of it. All the interpretations have strong women protagonists – unique, emotional, vulnerable yet very impressive and steadfast.

    ‘My Unlikely Pandemic Dream Partner’ is the best of the lot with Revathy and Nithya killing it. Perfect partners can drift apart. A mother wants space from her child. Cool!

    ‘How To Find Your Penguin’ is interestingly creative and brave. Komalee Prasad manages to carry the bizarre idea of a microbiologist comparing men to animals and birds. It again lacks depth and falls short….

    ‘Why Did She Leave Me There?’ is an heart-wrenching emotional drama showing unconditional love means letting go…

    ‘What Clown Wrote The Script’ is fresh and promises great potential…but does not carry through…

    Purple Stilettoes can ruin a purple patch…’Fuzzy, purple and full of thorns’ is a story with relatable couple and Ritu Varma in form but script falls short.

    ‘About that Rustle in the Bushes’ is predictable…

    Modern Love Hyderabad is a soothing, warm and predictable love series with happy endings and nice music. It keeps Hyderabad at the centre of it but it is not as brave as Modern Love Mumbai. M M Keeravani’s theme music and songs are really awesome! Director Nagesh could have done better!

    Let’s see what Modern Love Chennai brings….The best would be to green light Modern Love Sangli, Modern Love Rajkot, Modern Love Bokaro, Modern Love Rohtak, Modern Love Baramulla – What say?

    Modern Love Season 1 remains the topnotch fare. Crème de la crème! Watch it first before anything else!