Wednesday Readings - The Best of Politics, Economics, & Ideas

• Why MBAs should consider Operations Management. (Businessweek)

• Listen to the voice of imprisoned innocents branded as Naxals. (The Week) 

• The ills and benefits of IPL. This is one of the most flogged GD / essay topics at b-schools in the last few years. (The Hindu)

• This guy is fast becoming the scourge of Big Business in India. (Outlook) Here's one gem from this double MBA: “In India, dealings with ‘related parties’ are the norm, and most ‘related party’ dealings are a means to siphon funds from the publicly traded entity for the benefit of majority owners. We will highlight this.”

The cartoon below perfectly captures the changing political landscape in Myanmar. I found it here.