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Here are some of our more interesting media appearances:
Asia! MagazineAsia! magazine features nice story with beautiful photo layout (PDF - 573K)
India Today MagazineFWB is featured in India Today magazine!
The Friday TimesFriends Without Borders receives a full 3 page spread in Pakistan's esteemed The Friday Times!
NickelodeonThe World's Largest Love Letter is covered by Nickelodeon internationally
CNN-IBN CNN-IBN covers The Golden Bridge of Friendship. Video.
Prime Minister SinghThe Prime Minister of India issues a press release thanking us.
Rediff.comFWB is the feature article on Rediff.com!
Outlook MagazineFWB featured in Outlook magazine.
The Daily TimesThe Daily Times in Pakistan covers our event in Lahore.
Yahoo! NewsFWB Is featured on Yahoo!
The DawnThe Dawn sums it up.
The HinduNice article from The Hindu.
DNADNA covers our Mumbai event.
Housecalls magazineNice article in Housecalls magazine.
The Times of IndiaThe Times of India covers our bicycle tour in Chandigarh.
H.B. KapadiaThis photo from H.B. Kapadia School was the inspiration for The World's Largest Love Letter.
Friends Without Borders Team by Mahindra trucks

Longest love letter to hit Mumbai

DNA - 16 February 2006
Mumbai, India
by Shaikh Ayaz

Come Sunday and school children from Mumbai and all across India can write letters to their counterparts in Pakistan and extend a hand of friendship - thanks to an effort by Friends Without Borders, a group of Americans who are unveiling the longest love letter in Wankhede Stadium.

The purpose, as Mark Jacobs, one of the volunteers puts it, “Is to join hearts in friendship. The idea is to forget any animosity and initiate peace.” The project, Jacobs says, took a long time.

“But what's really interesting is that over 100 schools have participated. We would love to grab the attention of every child in Mumbai and ask them to write one love message to children across the border. We want the children from both the countries to remain in touch thereafter,” he adds.

The event meanwhile won't remain confined to the Wankhede Stadium as the volunteers will pose as postmen and travel across town to garner support. 

Interestingly, after taking the messages from Mumbai, Jacobs and his team will travel to Lahore in a truck with their letter and will present it to Pakistanis on March 19. “We will stop at places and try to spread the message. We will take about 30 days to reach Lahore and we are sure we will cover a good distance,” ends Jacobs.

 
  hearts It may be long before the law of love will be recognised in international affairs. The machineries of government stand between and hide the hearts of one people from those of another. -- M.K. Gandhi