OF late, there has been a change among New Delhi's economic policy-makers. Until recently, there was much crowing about how India had escaped the East Asian contagion. Nowadays, one hears privately-voiced concerns about whether India is missing the bus. By not reforming fast enough, have we shut the tiny window of opportunity opened by the East Asian crisis? Will we continue to wallow up to mid-1999, when China, Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea claw back to export-driven growth?