1. Editorial

   • N. Mukunda

   Departments Pages: 1 - 2

2. Abdus Salam

   • N. Mukunda

   Departments Pages: 3 - 4

3. Science smiles

   • R. K. Laxman

   Departments Pages: 5 - 5

4. Multiplication on ℝⁿ

   • Basudeb Datta

   Series Article Pages: 8 - 14

5. The immune system and bodily defence

   • Vineeta Bal
   • Satyajit Rath

   Series Article Pages: 15 - 20

6. The riddle of theapparently hollow Himalaya

   • Ramesh Chander

   General Article Pages: 21 - 26

7. Why do clocks move clockwise?

   • Vivek S. Borkar

   General Article Pages: 27 - 35

8. Love games that insects play

   • K. N. Ganeshaiah

   General Article Pages: 36 - 46

9. An introduction to parallel computation

   • Abhiram Ranade

   General Article Pages: 47 - 60

10. Special relativity — An esoteric narrative! Wherein earlier turns later, shorter turns longer — But how?

    • S. R. Madhu Rao

    Departments Pages: 61 - 66

11. Molecular weight and size of macromolecules

    • Zahoor Ahmad

    Departments Pages: 67 - 72

12. Where is the missing string?

    • Sudip Bose

    Departments Pages: 73 - 73

13. Less brain, less brawn: A new evolutionary view of man

    • J. A. Santosh

    Research News Pages: 74 - 78

14. The Red Queen: Sex and the evolution of human nature

    • Milind Watve

    Book Review Pages: 79 - 80

15. Einstein’s last dream: The space — Time unification of fundamental forces

    • Abdus Salam

    Reflections Pages: 81 - 88

16. Extract from Salam’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, Stockholm, December 8, 1979

    Reflections Pages: 89 - 90

17. Inter-University Consortium for Department of Atomic Energy Facilities (IUC-DAEF)

    • Ashok V. Pimpale
    • B. A. Dasannacharya

    Departments Pages: 91 - 94

18. Third Annual International Environmental Essay Contest Francis Marion University (FMU)

    • Sujatha Byravan

    Departments Pages: 94 - 95

19. Errata

    • K. R. Manjunath
    • Ch. Sunil

    Erratum Pages: 96 - 96

20. Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgments Pages: 96 - 96