1. Editorial

   • N. Mukunda
   • Rajaram Nityananda

   Departments Pages: 1 - 3

2. Higher education in India

   • R. Narasimha

   Guest Article Pages: 6 - 11

3. Origin (?) of the universe

   • Jayant V. Narlikar

   Series Article Pages: 12 - 17

4. Life: Complexity and diversity

   • Madhav Gadgil

   Series Article Pages: 18 - 25

5. Geometry

   • Kapil H. Paranjape

   Series Article Pages: 26 - 31

6. Know your personal computer

   • S. K. Ghoshal

   Series Article Pages: 32 - 39

7. Learning organic chemistry through natural products

   • N. R. Krishnaswamy

   Series Article Pages: 40 - 46

8. Artificial neural networks

   • Jitendra R. Raol
   • Sunilkumar S. Mankame

   General Article Pages: 47 - 54

9. On randomness and probability

   • Rajeeva L. Karandikar

   General Article Pages: 55 - 68

10. What’s new in computers

    • Vijnan Shastri

    Feature Article Pages: 69 - 73

11. Nature watch

    • Arun Venkataraman

    Feature Article Pages: 74 - 79

12. Molecule of the month

    • J. Chandrasekhar

    Feature Article Pages: 80 - 83

13. On Bunsen burners, bacteria and the Bible

    • Milind Watve

    Departments Pages: 84 - 89

14. Think it over

    • J. Chandrasekhar

    Departments Pages: 90 - 91

15. The crisis of science

    • Satyendra Nath Bose

    OriginalPaper Pages: 92 - 101

16. Nature’s solar cell

    • Stephen Suresh
    • Gautham Nadig

    Research News Pages: 102 - 104

17. The seven component coupling

    • Uday Maitra

    Research News Pages: 105 - 106

18. Discoverers of the neutrino and tau recognised

    • K. V. L. Sarma

    Research News Pages: 107 - 111

19. Bose-Einstein condensation observed

    • Rajaram Nityananda

    Research News Pages: 111 - 114

20. Book review

    • S. Ramasubramanian
    • Raghavendra Gadagkar

    BookReview Pages: 115 - 119

21. Books received

    Announcement Pages: 120 - 120

22. Information announcements

    • S. Chandrasekaran

    Announcement Pages: 121 - 125

23. Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgments Pages: 128 - 128

24. Erratum

    • R. Narasimha

    Erratum Pages: 128 - 128