I-Foundation

I-Foundation

The I-Foundation is a Hindu and ISKCON charity in the United Kingdom that has founded the first Hindu school in London to be funded by the government. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6988844.stm First Hindu state school to open] BBC] [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2359823,prtpage-1.cms UK's first Hindu school gets go-ahead] Times of India] [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1978552,00.html £10m state cash for first Hindu school] Guardian UK] The [http://www.krishna-avanti.org.uk/ Krishna Avanti school] to be opened c.2010 despite controversy [ [http://www.rxpgnews.com/india/Controversy-dogs-Britains-first-state-funded-Hindu-school_6179.shtml Controversy dogs Britain's first state-funded Hindu school] RxPG News Service] surrounding it and the term Hindu [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=VlhX1h135DMC&pg=PA19&dq=misnomer+hindu&num=50&sig=XTceBPNeXNgLEEGelkSBQv3XKpE Essential Hinduism] by Steven Rosen, 2006, Page 19; ] or [http://www.hinduvoice.co.uk/Issues/22/HK.htm practicing Hindu] .

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