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World Service,08 Apr 2014,55 mins

India Goes to the Polls

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India's enormous nine-phase general election gets underway. We are in Calcutta and Bangalore to find out what is motivating voters. Plus, we have the latest from Donetsk, Ukraine, where pro-Russian activists have seized government buildings. As the Game of Thrones season four premiere sets the internet alight - crashing HBO's website and flooding Twitter with a deluge of comments - we ask Quartz's Zach Seward, what is the future of TV? Is it downloads, streaming, Netflix, cable, satellite, or will we come full circle and return to conventional broadcasting? Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times examines the 21st Century office - and its advantages - over the offices of 20 years ago. And, in Calcutta, the BBC's Rahul Tandon is gauging the mood among voters. In Bangalore, Revathy Ashok of the Bangalore Political Action Committee does the same. And in sunny Florida, Bloomberg's Diane Brady brings us the latest from the Palm Beach Strategic Forum.

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