No One Who Cares

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.