In this issue
p. 1360

The Third Culture
p. 1361 | Balaram, P.

More Bradmans
p. 1363 | Kanungo, M. S.

Invisible pollution
p. 1363 | Himesh, S.

Academic leadership and the ailing state of Indian science
p. 1364 | Basa, D. K.

Need for reforms in Indian National Science Academy
p. 1364 | Virk, H. S.

Jyotir-vigyan
p. 1365 | Tiwari, S. C.

Astrology and science
p. 1366 | Sashidhar, V. R.

Diagenetic rare earth phosphates
p. 1366 | Laul, Vivek

Diagenetic rare earth phosphates(Response)
p. 1366 | Sankaran, A. V.

Nuclear power statistics for 2000
p. 1367 | Ganesan, S.

Chickpea regeneration and transformation
p. 1368 | Jaiwal, Pawan K.; Sonia; Upadhyaya, K. C.

Molecular link between diabetes and obesity: The resistin story
p. 1369 | Ehtesham, Nasreen Z.

Brain dynamics: Neural correlates of mental activities
p. 1372 | Baskaran, G.

Need for a Bharatiya S&T policy for global resurgence
p. 1374 | Mehrotra, N. N.

From the archives
p. 1375

Significant changes in ocean parameters after the Gujarat earthquake
p. 1376 | Singh, Ramesh P.; Bhoi, Sanjeeb; Sahoo, Alok K.

Antioxidant property of Mucuna pruriens Linn. 
p. 1377 | Tripathi, Yamini B.; Upadhyay, Anil K.

Bats of the Indian subcontinent - An update
p. 1378 | Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, Bhargavi

Genes, brains, and unpredictability: Developments in the sciences and reflections on what it means to be alive
p. 1381 | Ramaswamy, Ramakrishna

Natural products as inducers of apoptosis: Implication for cancer therapy and prevention
p. 1387 | Taraphdar, Amit K.; Roy, Madhumita; Bhattacharya, R. K.

The 2001 Kutch (Bhuj) earthquake: Coseismic surface features and their significance
p. 1397 | Rajendran, Kusala; Rajendran, C. P.; Thakkar, Mahesh; Tuttle, Martitia P.

Reactive organization of particles into macroscopic length scales by myelin growth
p. 1406 | Hota, G.; Bellare, Jayesh R.; Khilar, Kartic C.; Manohar, C.

Micelle-catalysed redox reaction
p. 1408 | Mallick, Kaushik; Jewrajka, Suresh; Pradhan, Narayan; Pal, Tarasankar

Single radiofrequency source for MR and hyperthermia studies
p. 1413 | Jayasundar, Rama

Anomalous VLF electric field perturbations associated with Chamoli earthquakes of March/April 1999
p. 1416 | Singh, Raj Pal; Mishra, P. K.; Singh, Birbal

Inheritance of resistance to brown planthopper in an Oryza rufipogon (Griff. )-derived line in rice
p. 1421 | Rongbai, Li; Xueyi, Qin; Sumei, Wei; Pandey, M. P.; Pathak, P. K.; Fenguan, Huang; Qing, Li; Shanyu, Luo

Effect of various culture conditions on growth and production of salazinic acid in Bulbothrix setsch-wanensis (lichenized ascomycetes) in vitro
p. 1424 | Behera, B. C.; Makhija, Urmila

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp. ) and molecular analysis of regenerated plants
p. 1428 | Lawrence, P. K.; Koundal, K. R.

New stable isotope records of sediment cores from the SE Arabian Sea - Inferences on the variations in monsoon regime during the late Quaternary
p. 1432 | Thamban, M.; Rao, V. Purnachandra

⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar age of a national geological monument: The Gilbert Hill basalt, Deccan Traps, Bombay
p. 1437 | Sheth, Hetu C.; Pande, Kanchan; Bhutani, Rajneesh

Discovery and sedimentology of microstromatolites from Menga Limestone (Neoprotero­zoic/Vendian), Upper Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, NE Himalaya, India
p. 1440 | Tewari, V. C.

Mating success and morphometric traits in Drosophila ananassae
p. 1444 | Sisodia, Seema; Singh, B. N.

Polymelia in the tadpoles of Bufo melanostictus (Anura: Bufonidae)
p. 1447 | Mahapatra, Pravati Kumari; Mohanty-hejmadi, Priyambada; Dutta, Sushil Kumar

Thomas Kuhn - A Philosophical History for our Times
p. 1452 | Seshadri, S. V.

Van Rawats - A Tribe in Peril
p. 1453 | Nambi, V. Arivudai

SEWANA (South Europe, West Asia and North Africa): Durum Research Network
p. 1453 | Khanna-Chopra, Renu

Probing Photosynthesis: Mechanism, Regulation and adaptation
p. 1454 | Raval, M. K.

Biswajit Nag - An obituary
p. 1456 | Sukhatme, S. P.

Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal
p. 1457

Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun
p. 1458

Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore
p. 1459

Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack
p. 1460

National Institute of Research on Jute & Allied Fibre Technology (ICAR), Kolkata
p. 1461

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow
p. 1462

Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR), Cochin
p. 1463

International Conference on 'Stabilization of Enzymes'and 'Biosensors', Chennai
p. 1464

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
p. 1464

Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR), Chandigarh
p. 1465

All India Biotech Association (AIBA) Awards, New Delhi
p. 1465

Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, West Bengal
p. 1466

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Swami Prakashanand Ayurveda Research Centre
p. 1466