Gyani Baile & Dolly Baile

Background
This book contains the experiences of my wife, Dolly. She was
born, raised, and educated in India. We have been residing in USA for
the last 24 years. Currently both of us are pursuing a career in
Chemical Industry in Corporate America. We have two children ages
14 and 12 going to public schools.
By education Dolly is a chemistry major and on the job
training, and education led her to work experiences in a variety of
corporate functions – Research, Product Development, Technical
Customer Service, Product line Marketing, Business Stewardship, and
Information Management. I, Gyani, am a chemical engineer and have
work experiences in Design Engineering, Process Engineering,
Project Management, Production Management, Environmental
Management, and Systems Implementation.
My wife was born and brought up in northern parts of India.
She was raised in a Hindu Punjabi close knit small family of three.
Her single mother and elder brother raised her. I, Gyani, was born and
raised in the southern part of India in a large Hindu Telugu joint
family.
During Dolly’s childhood days, her mother was an Arya
Samaji. During the college days, she also saw her mother fast every
Thursday and worship Brahaspati Maharaj. The only religious
teaching she ever received was Gayatri mantra from her mother, and
the habit of saying Om namah bhagavate Vasudevaya prior to eating
meals (this was learned in Dolly’s best friend’s house where her
friend’s mother suggested this practice). Other than this, there was no
other formal practice or exposure she received on the subject of
religion. Nevertheless, deep down she had appreciation for all
religious practices of different people, which made her bow her head
whenever she crossed any religious place like Mandir, Gurudwara,
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