Jammu, Jan. 21 -- The grand outreach program begun by the BJP government with visits this week by 36 ministers to Jammu and Kashmir, may seem good optics if the usual business of news management is perfected. On the ground, they may have little or no impact. The visit is over-delayed and comes more than five months after the state was abrogated, lost its statehood and was divided into two union territories, a period that has had a deleterious impact on the region's economy, health-care, education, tourism and any other sector. The purpose of the visit is not known though the prime minister's briefing to the ministers focused on creating awareness about the benefits of downgrading of the state and loss of its special status. While it is not ...