To help India's blind become financially independent a vocational training course in therapeutic massage will soon be launched in several cities including Delhi officials said. The first two institutes will be set up in Ahmedabad and Dehradun by January 2014 followed by Delhi. The massage developed in Japan over several centuries helps cure stiffness joint pains and poor blood circulation among others. In the joint effort between the National Association for the Blind (NAB) National Institute for Visually Handicapped (NIVH) and Tokyo-based Special Needs School the students would receive special training from Japanese trainers on how to become successful healers. A live workshop was
