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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

World’s largest love letter

Dawn Young World - 1 April 2006
Pakistan


The “World’s largest love letter” is huge. Bigger than a football field. It measures 73 by 110 metres. This letter was first unveiled on January 16 at the M. Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium in Bangalore. It’s creation was a collaborative effort between the Friends Without Borders team, artist John Devaraj and his kids from the Born Free Art School, and many children from various schools in Bangalore. There were hundreds of children from many schools who came to sign and participate in its creation.

The text of the letter is written in Urdu, English and Hindi, and says:

Dear Children of Pakistan,
Let’s join hearts in friendship. Together we can make a better world.
-The Children of India


The letter, made of tarpaulin. Around the body of the letter are 196 smaller pieces which make-up the border, and which bear the names and addresses of Indian schools and the signatures of thousands of children. These will be delivered to Pakistani schools to establish school-to-school relationships.

The letter travelled all through India and finally will reach Lahore, where it will be presented to the children of Pakistan on April 3, as a gift from the kids of India to the kids of Pakistan, by the Friends Without Borders team.

After it is delivered in Pakistan, the 86,400 square feet of the body of the letter will be cut into 551 - 12 ft. by 12 ft. squares, which will be delivered to the recent earthquake-affected areas, for use in shelter construction.

Friends without borders expect that this gigantic Love Letter to be awarded top prize for largest card by both Guinness World Records.

 
  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