Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to, university and medical school in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen, a 59 year old orthopaedic surgeon, living in Toronto Periodically, the doctor returns to India in Bombay, most of his patients are crippled children Once, 20 years ago, Dr Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa Now, 20 years later, the doctor will be reacquainted with the murderer