Prime Edition  Braille newspaper shows blind new world  Parimala
Bhat reads Sparshdnyan, one of the world’s few newspapers to
cater to the visually impaired.  rom delicious billion-dollar
scandals to uplifting tales of the human condition and
narratives about the country's economic progress, India boasts a
bountiful supply of compelling stories.  Parimala Bhat wants to
know about all of them. But the 52-year-old Mumbai resident is
blind and for years she had to rely on TV news channels to
satisfy her craving for news.  No more.  For the past several
years, Bhat has subscribed to Sparshdnyan, a local newspaper
that has carved itself an unusual niche in India's surging media
industry: the paper, whose name translates to "knowledge by
touch" is written in Braille, making it one of the world's few
newspapers to cater to the visually impaired.  "You know how
satisfying it is to sit and just read," says Bhat, a healthcare
worker with Air India. "It's the same for the blind. The TV and
radio are fine, but I love bei