In this issue
p. 1119

Editors
p. 1121 | Balaram, P.

The manufacturing of consent
p. 1123 | Pati, Vishwambhar

Worker scientists vs manager scientists
p. 1124 | Srinivasan, Rajamani

Shall we kill big conferences?
p. 1124 | Gupta, Y. K.

IT colonialism
p. 1125 | Agrawal, D. P

Chandra - The new telescope that views the universe through the X-ray window
p. 1125 | Rao, K. R.

The Indian Astronomical Observatory
p. 1127 | Anupama, G. C.

PM asks IAEA to 'return to fundamentals'
p. 1130

Visualizing orbitals and bonds
p. 1131 | Samuelson, A. G.

All India Coordi­nated Project on Taxonomy (AICOPTAX)
p. 1131 | Babu, G. V. Sarat

Regulation of chro­mosome condensation and sister chromatid separation
p. 1133 | Lavania, U. C.; Lavania, Seshu; Vimala, Y.

From Auschwitz to Indian science
p. 1134 | Reddy, Amulya K. N.

Elevated serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in outdoor workers in South India
p. 1136 | Rajasree, S.; Kutty, V. Raman; Sreenivasan, K.; Kartha, C. C.

In vitro propagation of white marigold (Tagetes erecta L. ) through shoot tip proliferation
p. 1138 | Misra, Pratibha; Datta, S. K.

Future cars: The electric option
p. 1141 | Shukla, A. K.; Avery, N. R.; Muddle, B. C.

The dharma of ecology
p. 1147 | Khoshoo, T. N.

Conservation, management and documentation of livestock genetic resources and biodiversity: A biotechnology perspective
p. 1154 | Ali, Sher; Hasnain, Seyed Ehtesham

Optimality principles in evolutionary genetics
p. 1159 | Behera, Narayan

Molecular rhythms that regulate rhythm genes in Drosophila
p. 1165 | Subramanian, P.; Lakhotia, S. C.

Application of topological indices to froth-flotation of an uranium ore
p. 1170 | Natarajan, R.; Nirdosh, I.; Muthuswami, S. V.

Multiple eyewall structure in an Arabian Sea cyclone
p. 1175 | Kalsi, S. R.

Snow characterization using SSM/I data
p. 1180 | Singh, Ramesh P.; Mishra, Nrusingha C.; Dash, Prasanjeet; Mohrana, Bijay K.

Single station moment tensor inversion for focal mechanisms of Indian intra-plate earthquakes
p. 1184 | Rao, N. Purnachandra

Geoarchaeological study in Penner delta, east coast of India
p. 1189 | Rao, K. Srinivasa; Rao, A. T.; Rao, S. Krishna

Bimodal distribution of oviposition preference for a novel food medium in Drosophila melanogaster
p. 1197 | Sheeba, V.; Rajamani, M.; Joshi, Amitabh

Mating success in Drosophila ananassae : Evidence for greater variation in receptivity of females compared to male mating ability
p. 1200 | Singh, B. N.; Singh, S. R.

Gnomon: From Pharaohs to Fractals
p. 1204 | Mukherjee, Somenath

The Deep Hot Biosphere
p. 1205 | Abbas, Samar

Deccan Volcanic Province, West Volume
p. 1206 | Acharyya, S. K.

The Life and Works of a Demographer: An Autobiography
p. 1208 | Srikantan, K. Sivaswamy

The November (J/Y) revolution: Twenty-five years later
p. 1210 | Khare, Avinash

Chief designer and rocket technologist, An obituary of S. Srinivasan
p. 1213 | Kalam, A. P. J. Abdul

Ministry of Science and Technology (DBT) - Award of Biotechnology National Associateship: 1999
p. 1214

Call for Proposals - Indo-US Programme on Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Research
p. 1217

Birla Institute of Technology and Science
p. 1219

Sardar Patel University - Post-Graduate Department of Physics
p. 1219