Woman's Hour - 05/01/2010

With Jane Garvey. 2010 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of composer Fryderyk Chopin. To celebrate his bicentenary The Chopin Society is arranging a year of concerts and talks under the title 'In the Footsteps of Chopin'. In 1848, following the revolution in France, Chopin was persuaded to visit London where he spent time giving private and semi-public concerts as well as teaching. Jane is joined by Lady Rose Cholmondeley, president of the Chopin Society, for a live recital and discussion about Chopin's life and work and his visit to Britain. Maya Fiennes is a passionate advocate of yoga for everyone. She teaches a particular blend of yoga and meditation based on the Kundalini method which, she says, is suitable for everyone, young, old, fit and unfit. Kundalini combines exercise, chanting and breathing techniques. Maya talks about the benefits of Kundalini and demonstrates some simple movements in the studio. The Indian caste system has existed for more than 3,000 years. Beneath the four main castes is a another group, the Dalits, or 'untouchables', who suffer terrible discrimination, exploitation and often violence. Now a new report published by the Anti Caste Discrimination Alliance suggests that caste discrimination is also widespread in Britain, brought here by the Indian diaspora. Anti-caste campaigners are trying to get a change to the Equality Bill to outlaw what it views as unfair practices and discrimination. Jane explores just how widely the caste prejudice has been imported to Britain from the Indian sub-continent. With Meena Varma from the Dalit Solidarity Network and Annapurna Waughray, a Senior Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights at the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University. Throughout the week on Radio 4 there'll be flashes of scientific brilliance as writers, scientists and broadcasters describe their favourite moments of genius in the history of science. For Woman's Hour, Carol Vorderman talks about Ada Lovelace, whom she describes as 'the heroine of software'.