1. Editorial

   • N. Mukunda
   • Zafar Futehally

   Departments Pages: 1 - 4

2. Science smiles

   • R. K. Laxman

   Departments Pages: 5 - 5

3. The challenge of weather prediction

   • B. N. Goswami

   Series Article Pages: 8 - 15

4. The vacillating mathematician

   • K. B. Athreya

   Series Article Pages: 16 - 24

5. The immune system and bodily defence

   • Vineeta Bal
   • Satyajit Rath

   Series Article Pages: 25 - 33

6. Error correcting codes

   • Priti Shankar

   Series Article Pages: 34 - 43

7. Nakula’s extraordinary talent

   • C. Musili

   General Article Pages: 44 - 52

8. Fostering creativity in students

   • Mary M. Mader
   • Charles A. Liberko

   General Article Pages: 53 - 59

9. Impressions of the 37th IMO-’96

   • Ajay C. Ramdoss

   Departments Pages: 60 - 65

10. A refrigerator is kept open in a closed room. Does the net temperature of the room increase or remain the same. If so why?

    • K. S. Nagaraj
    • R. Srinivasan

    Departments Pages: 65 - 65

11. Think it over

    • S. K. Upadhyay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 66 - 67

12. Discovery of Fullerenes

    • Rathna Ananthaiah

    Research News Pages: 68 - 73

13. Book Review

    • Kartik Shanker
    • A. K. Vijaykumar

    BookReview Pages: 74 - 80

14. An ornithological pilgrimage to lake Manasarowar and Mount Kailas

    • Sálim Ali

    Reflections Pages: 81 - 94

15. Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgments Pages: 95 - 95