The paper addresses the irreverence and disregard towards the ma(d)isabled bodies in Indian texts and contexts. It focuses on the relation between notions of disability and madness to examine the constructed nature of such terms. The basic proposition is that persons with disability are examined as bodies on the boundary: It is the boundary that defines normalcy. However, it is the same boundary that brings together those elements that challenge the boundary. What defines disability or madness is not its nature, but its relation to what has been institutionalized. The paper examines Jerry Pinto’s Em and the Big Hoom (2013) to analyze what terms like ‘disability’ and ‘madness’ are invested within the Indian context. It is interesting to note the multivalent meanings that ensue and how they are peculiar to a culture.