Of course he doesn't realise that this has the reverse effect on human nature. If you are really sick the public think you are a malingerer. But if you are a pianist with dark sunglasses or you paint Christmas cards with your toes, while being as fit as anyone else, then you are a hero and it doesn't matter a fig how bad the paintings are. These days all humans have to have a disability to survive, being either dyslexic, dysfunctional, or have allergies. Everything is so laid back in Bombay.
Disabilities are a bit more basic there.
There, being dysfunctional and dyslexic doesn't earn them a dollar. Saturday morning comes along and mums and dads bring their 8 year old children, girls and boys with big wide eyes filled with terror. If you can afford it, maybe both. Legs of course are harder going. It takes two chops of the axe on the anvil.