In his weekly column Line&Length, TCA Srinivasaraghavan talks about whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the helm for more than 11 years now, can leave an economic legacy behind. He argues that the surest way to do this would be for Modi to scrap Article 311, which gives immunity to bureaucrats. This would spur private investments in India as the business class would not have to fear about being stymied by the bureaucratic class, argues Srinivasaraghavan.

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In his article titled, ‘Working towards digital sovereignty’, Ajay Srivastava says that the H1-B visa hike should be a wake-up call for India and the country must work towards freeing itself from the digital grip of the US by working towards a Digital Swaraj Mission with a five-year horizon.

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Duvurri Subbarao, former RBI Governor, in an article titled, ‘US will rue Trump’s trade war on India’, argues that while India may have to endure some economic pain in the short term, the reputational damage for the US in the long term would be enormous.

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Here’s our cartoonist Ravikanth’s take on the world of business and economics:

Published on September 27, 2025