1. Why the West Attracts Immigrants - Truth Matters - Vishal Mangalwadi:
Why the West Attracts Immigrants Why the West Attracts Immigrants Ancient and medieval history belonged to the South and the East, but globalisation has meant westernisation. What enabled …
2. The Woman Behind the West’s Economic Success - Truth Matters - Vishal Mangalwadi:
500 years ago, India was wealthier than Europe. What changed? Can we credit the West’s success to “guns, germs, and steel”? While these did play a role, we cannot overlook one woman’s role in changing …
3. How the West Harnessed Sexual Energy - Truth Matters - Vishal Mangalwadi:
Sex: a private matter very much in the public’s interest. According to Indian scholars, one of the West’s secrets was the harnessing of sexual energy to build stable families. Is monogamy an outdated …
4. The West’s Big Secret - Truth Matters - Vishal Mangalwadi:
1000 years ago, Islam was more advanced than the West in every respect. Then one idea changed everything: the concept of human dignity. Throughout history it has never been held as self-evident, so …
5. Democracy: Why It Finally Worked - Truth Matters - Vishal Mangalwadi:
How did the Reformation create the political movement that the Enlightenment later labelled Democracy? Everyone in Europe was a subject without a right to life or liberty. Where did the notion of …
6. The Opening of the Western Mind - Truth Matters - Vishal Mangalwadi:
Traditionally, the child of a fisherman, shepherd, or carpenter could not go to school in Europe. Did Atheism make the West a thinking civilization? Learn how education was taken from the elite and …
7. The Source of the Scientific Revolution - Truth Matters - Vishal Mangalwadi:
Why was modern science born in Europe in the 16th century? Was it atheism that fueled scientific thinking? How did logic actually prevent scientific progress?
8. Why Monks Created Technology - Truth Matters - Vishal Mangalwadi:
Why don’t Western women carry water on their heads like women in Africa and India? What prompted Christian monks to develop technology rather than beg like Buddhist monks?
9. Why is the West the Least Corrupt? - Truth Matters - Vishal Mangalwadi:
Corruption causes poverty. It is where wealth is transferred from the powerless to the powerful and is the norm globally. But a few countries seem to have integrity. Where does this character come …
10. Can Nations Be Reformed? - Truth Matters - Vishal Mangalwadi:
The Reformers would have agreed that religion is the opium of the masses, but faith in a living God results in hope. As a result corrupt, cruel and poor nations can be reformed. They can be freed from …
