Frustrated at the failure of India's government and opposition to argue the case for economic reforms they both advocate in theory, one of the country's leading think-tanks has taken to the streets-with comics. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation has just launched the first in a didactic series aimed at persuading ordinary Indians that economic reform will improve their standard of living and help make India a decent and just society, a case the timid political class has let go by default, fearing that liberalisation costs votes.