1. Editorial

   • N Mukunda

   Departments Pages: 1 - 1

2. Origin(?) of the universe

   • Jayant V Narlikar

   Series Article Pages: 5 - 14

3. Life: Complexity and diversity

   • Madhav Gadgil

   Series Article Pages: 15 - 22

4. Fascinating organic transformations

   • Subramania Ranganathan

   Series Article Pages: 23 - 30

5. Know your personal computer

   • S K Ghoshal

   Series Article Pages: 31 - 36

6. The punctured plane

   • Vishwambhar Pati

   General Article Pages: 37 - 49

7. Nature watch

   • Kartik Shanker

   Feature Article Pages: 50 - 57

8. Molecule of the month

   • R N Mukherjee

   Feature Article Pages: 58 - 60

9. Getting the facts right through puzzles

   • J Chandrasekhar

   Classroom Pages: 61 - 62

10. McKay's prooof of Cauchy's theorem on finite groups

    • C S Yogananda

    Classroom Pages: 62 - 63

11. Customers in book exhibition

    • B Bagchi

    Departments Pages: 64 - 64

12. Self-copying program

    • V Rajaraman

    Departments Pages: 64 - 64

13. The population explosion

    • R Nityananda

    Departments Pages: 65 - 65

14. A question of weight

    • R Nityananda

    Departments Pages: 65 - 66

15. The origins of science

    • Gangan Prathap

    Reflections Pages: 67 - 73

16. Why is an ant's trail straight?

    • G S Ranganath

    Research News Pages: 74 - 76

17. Hickory dickory dock

    • T R Raghunand

    Research News Pages: 76 - 81

18. Environmental chemists share the 1995 chemistry nobel prize

    • S Parthiban

    Research News Pages: 82 - 86

19. Book review

    • Raghavendra Gadagkar
    • G S Ranganath
    • Gadadhar Misra

    BookReview Pages: 87 - 94

20. Books received

    Announcement Pages: 95 - 95

21. Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgments Pages: 96 - 96

22. Charles Robert Darwin 1809–1882

    Announcement Pages: 97 - 98