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India Goes to the Polls

India's enormous nine-phase general election gets underway. We are in Calcutta and Bangalore to find out what is motivating voters.

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.

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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 91热爆'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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Tue 8 Apr 2014 00:06GMT

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