1. Editorial

   • N. Mukunda

   Departments Pages: 1 - 2

2. Fermat and the minimum principle

   • Gangan Prathap

   Departments Pages: 3 - 3

3. Origin (?) of the universe

   • Jayant V. Narlikar

   Series Article Pages: 6 - 12

4. Algorithms

   • R. K. Shyamasundar

   Series Article Pages: 13 - 23

5. Geometry

   • Kapil H. Paranjape

   Series Article Pages: 24 - 29

6. Know your chromosomes

   • Vani Brahmachari

   Series Article Pages: 30 - 38

7. From matter to life: Chemistry?!

   • Jean-Marie Lehn

   General Article Pages: 39 - 53

8. The earth’s changing climate

   • P. K. Das

   General Article Pages: 54 - 65

9. Time in a timeless environment

   • L. Geetha

   General Article Pages: 66 - 77

10. On the infinitude of the prime numbers

    • Shailesh A. Shirali

    General Article Pages: 78 - 95

11. What’s new in computers

    • Vijnan Shastri

    Feature Article Pages: 96 - 102

12. Nature watch

    • G. Marimuthu

    Feature Article Pages: 103 - 110

13. Molecule of the month

    • Uday Maitra

    Feature Article Pages: 111 - 113

14. Classroom

    Departments Pages: 114 - 114

15. Think it over

    • Photon Rao

    Departments Pages: 115 - 115

16. The 1995 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

    • Vidyanand Nanjundiah

    Research News Pages: 116 - 119

17. Book reviews

    • S. Thangavelu
    • S. Krishnaswamy

    BookReview Pages: 120 - 124

18. Books received

    Departments Pages: 125 - 125

19. Academy initiative in university education

    Departments Pages: 125 - 125

20. Acknowledgements

    • B. Bagchi
    • L. Geetha
    • Joseph Samuel

    Acknowledgments Pages: 128 - 128

21. Erratum

    • R. Narasimha

    Erratum Pages: 128 - 128

22. Erratum

    • Madhav Gadgil

    Erratum Pages: 128 - 128

23. Erratum

    • Rajeeva L. Karandikar

    Erratum Pages: 128 - 128