1. Editorial

   • N. Mukunda

   Departments Pages: 1 - 2

2. Approach to absolute zero

   • R. Srinivasan

   Series Article Pages: 6 - 16

3. Life complexity and diversity

   • Madhav Gadgil

   Series Article Pages: 17 - 25

4. Algorithms

   • R. K. Shyamasundar

   Series Article Pages: 26 - 38

5. Courtship in frogs

   • Debjani Roy

   General Article Pages: 39 - 48

6. A simple experiment to study the statistical properties of a molecular assembly with two or three state dynamics

   • Harjinder Singh

   General Article Pages: 49 - 59

7. An elementary problem that interested Ramanujan!

   • Shailesh A. Shirali

   Departments Pages: 60 - 62

8. Think it over

   • J. Chandrasekhar

   Departments Pages: 63 - 64

9. The Nobel prize in Physics-1996

   • R. Srinivasan

   Research News Pages: 65 - 68

10. Can we pop a pill to cure obesity?

    • Sujatha Byravan

    Research News Pages: 69 - 72

11. Book review

    • G. S. Ranganath
    • R. Tandon
    • R. Vittal Rao

    BookReview Pages: 73 - 80

12. Reflections around the Ramanujan centenary

    • Atle Selberg

    Reflections Pages: 81 - 91

13. Information and announcements

    Departments Pages: 92 - 92

14. Errata

    • G. S. Ranganath

    Erratum Pages: 92 - 92

15. Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgments Pages: 93 - 93