New Delhi, July 31 -- Samir Arora, founder of Helios Capital Management, has sparked a debate online after suggesting that India can offset the potential economic impact of Donald Trump's proposed tariffs simply by working weekends for a few weeks.

In a tweet that quickly caught attention, Arora shared a tongue-in-cheek "thought experiment" around the effect of a 10% drop in India's exports to the US, which currently account for around 2% of the country's GDP.

"If they fall 10%, India loses 0.2%," he wrote. "GDP growth is 6% odd. So to recover 0.2% should take 12 days. Can recover to pre-tariff levels by working on Saturdays and Sundays for 6 weeks. Get on it, boys and gals."

While the post was likely meant to be a light take on econom...