Karsh Kale has played alongside and worked with some of the world’s top artists, including Sting, Zakir Hussain, Baaba Maal, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, and Ustad Sultan Khan.

Born of Indian parents, and brought up in the U.S., Kale has long played Indian classical music on the tabla. Currently, he leads one of New York’s coolest ensembles, and his monthly spins at Paisley and Joe’s Pub are some of the hottest tickets on the New York scene.

Here he speaks about non-violence and the importance of Gandhi’s Satyagraha in relationship to Tibet.

At the invitation of the Dalai Lama, Mary and her husband Rabbi Everett Gendler (one of the contemporary grandfathers of Jewish nonviolence) have led eleven workshops on nonviolence with the Tibetan community in India over the past 13 years.

This video is our first contribution to the Tibet in 49 Seconds project instigated by The Tibet Connection.

Here also is a May 27th 2008article about Mary from the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, MA.