\u201cThe purpose of life is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate \u2014 to make some difference that you have lived and lived well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I sign off from Apexon after 16 incredible years, I want to pause and celebrate something very close to my heart\u2014Ignite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What started as a small idea turned into a movement of compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A platform where we didn\u2019t just give back\u2014we grew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We didn\u2019t just support causes\u2014we created change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We didn\u2019t just help others\u2014we found ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2728 Ignite has been a happiness project. Our sunshine corner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
From mentoring changemakers to empowering NGOs, from learning with leaders to creating lifelong bonds\u2014Ignite has truly ignited me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you Rutesh Shah<\/a> for igniting the mission and providing unbelievable trust and unconditional support<\/p>\n\n\n\n To every Igniter who chose hope over cynicism, kindness over convenience\u2014thank you. Thank you Geetanjali Sahni<\/a>, Pravinsinh Rathod<\/a>, Heli Z Karvat, PhD<\/a>, Zil Shah<\/a>, Krunal Sagan<\/a>, Jankit Shah<\/a>, Anand Rohit<\/a>, Sejal Bavishi<\/a>, Nitin Nikumbh<\/a>, Charu Mishra<\/a>, Kashish, Rohini Chandra<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you Manish Mathuria<\/a>, Sriniketh Chakravarthi<\/a>, Anand Kabra<\/a>, Vinu Venkatesh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n To every NGO partner, colleague, and volunteer who shared your light\u2014thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because of you, the world is a better place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I move into the next chapter, Ignite remains a part of who I am\u2014and always will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s to living well\u2014and giving well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One Life At A Time!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThe purpose of life is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate \u2014 to make some difference that you have lived and lived well.\u201d \u2014 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\u2014Ignite. What started as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,17,18],"tags":[319,475,552,630,651,697,749,757,785,878,901,906,929,1201,1234,1295,1357,1659,1721,1722],"class_list":["post-4547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apexon","category-career","category-ignite","category-infostretch","tag-career-journey","tag-do-good-feel-good","tag-farewell","tag-giving-back","tag-gratitude","tag-happiness-project","tag-ignite","tag-impact","tag-infostretch","tag-kindness-matter","tag-leadership","tag-legacy","tag-living-is-giving","tag-next-chapter","tag-one-life-at-a-time","tag-philannthropy","tag-purpose","tag-sunshine","tag-thank-you-apexon","tag-thank-you-infostretch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}