"Australia is such a beautiful country with so much to do. I am definitely going to visit soon and hopefully meet my pen pals ...

“My mother simply told me that she had someone she was exchanging messages with,” said Hakamada, now 49. Pen pals were popular some 60 years ago when her mother began corresponding with her ...

"I love baking and cooking and helping my mother," wrote a girl ... Mr Gupta has also discontinued the pen pal programme. "After a lot of efforts we had created this chain of friendship between ...