1. Editorial

   • Jaywant H. Arakeri

   Departments Pages: 1 - 1

2. The largest and oldest living organism

   • Ramesh Maheshwari

   General Article Pages: 4 - 9

3. Of connections and fields - I

   • Joseph Samuel

   General Article Pages: 10 - 21

4. Chern and total curvature

   • Siddhartha Gadgil

   General Article Pages: 22 - 31

5. The special theory of relativity

   • Vasant Natarajan
   • Diptiman Sen

   General Article Pages: 32 - 50

6. Mathematics in engineering - part I

   • Anindya Chatterjee

   General Article Pages: 51 - 64

7. An appreciation of free radical chemistry 3. Free radicals in diseases and health

   • G. Nagendrappa

   Departments Pages: 65 - 74

8. The mechanical black box a challenge from the 35th International Physics Olympiad

   • Vijay A. Singh
   • Rajesh B. Khaparde
   • S. R. Pathare

   Departments Pages: 75 - 82

9. Learning earthquake design and construction 17. How do earthquakes affect reinforced concrete buildings?

   • C. V. R. Murty

   Departments Pages: 83 - 86

10. Learning earthquake design and construction 18. How do beams in RC buildings resist earthquakes?

    • C. V. R. Murty

    Departments Pages: 87 - 90

11. Refresher course in Earth System Science June 25 – July 6, 2005at Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore 560 012, India

    • V. Rajamani
    • S. K. Tandon

    Departments Pages: 91 - 91