This story is about an American couple who desperately want to have children but have been unsuccessful for fifteen years of marriage. They are now looking into adoption. He is a hydroelectric engineer under contract in south central India to refurbish a power station that anticipates reopening following the monsoon season. He is introduced to various situations that are completely alien to him. When his wife arrives, they are encouraged to attend a gendercide conference in Mumbai. However, she is abducted from the airport in a ruse that is related to the Bollywood mentality. After much stress, she is rescued but having suffered much abuse in a world gone berserk.