In this issue
p. 1064

The recesses of the mind
p. 1065 | Balaram, P.

Nitrogen in crop production -- Tough to curb liability
p. 1067 | Ayala, Sankaram

Unequal opportunity!
p. 1068 | Michael, R. Dinakaran

Steps to woo students to science
p. 1069 | Chakraborty, Tushar K.

Science policy and planning in India
p. 1069 | Murthy, S. Narasimha

Withering Indian English and science
p. 1070 | Balasundaram, Chellam; Mariappan, P.

'TKDL' -- A safeguard for Indian traditional knowledge
p. 1070 | Sen, Nirupa

Neutron scattering
p. 1071 | Chaplot, S. L.

Cell transplantation and stem cell research
p. 1073 | Balasubramanyam, M.; Nair, M. D.; Mohan, V.

From the archives
p. 1074

Indo-Russian collaboration in S&T: An analysis through co-authored publi­cations, 1995--99
p. 1075 | Gupta, B. M.; Dhawan, S. M.; Walke, Rajpal

Rb--Sr isotopic studies of Puga gneiss and Polo- kongka La granite from Tso-Morari region of Ladakh, J&K, India
p. 1077 | Rao, D. Rameshwar; Rai, Hakim

Tree species diversity in a village ecosystem in Uttara Kannada district in Western Ghats, Karnataka
p. 1080 | Shastri, C. M.; Bhat, D. M.; Nagaraja, B. C.; Murali, K. S.; Ravindranath, N. H.

Basidiocarp production in Agaricus heterocystis Heinem. and Gooss. in nutrient agar media
p. 1084 | Natarajan, K.; Narayanan, K.; Kumaresan, V.

Diabetes research in India and China today: From literature-based mapping to health-care policy
p. 1086 | Arunachalam, Subbiah; Gunasekaran, Subbiah

Morchella esculenta (Guchhi): Need for scientific intervention for its cultivation in Central Himalaya
p. 1098 | Prasad, Pankaj; Chauhan, Kusum; Kandari, L. S.; Maikhuri, R. K.; Purohit, Aditya; Bhatt, R. P.; Rao, K. S.

Gemini surfactants: A distinct class of self-assembling molecules
p. 1101 | Hait, S. K.; Moulik, S. P.

Supercritical water oxidation: An environmen­tally safe method for the disposal of organic wastes
p. 1112 | Yesodharan, Suguna

Determination of the structure of the recombinant T = 1 capsid of Sesbania mosaic virus
p. 1123 | Sangita, V.; Parthasarathy, S.; Toma, S.; Lokesh, G. L.; Gowri, T. D. S.; Satheshkumar, P. S.; Savithri, H. S.; Murthy, M. R. N.

Chemical composition of rainwater around an industrial region in Mumbai
p. 1131 | Naik, Medha S.; Momin, G. A.; Rao, P. S. P.; Safai, P. D.; Ali, K.

Dianionic oxy-cope rearrangement of 9,10-dihydroxy-9,10-di-1¢-naphthyl phenanthrene
p. 1138 | Rahiman, A. Kalilur; Hussaini, Syed Sulaiman; Huq, C. A. M. A.

RAPD markers reveal narrowing genetic base of Indian tomato cultivars
p. 1139 | Archak, Sunil; Karihaloo, J. L.; Jain, Amit

Anthropogenic fire regime in a deciduous forest of central India
p. 1144 | Saha, Sonali

CO2-mediated changes in mungbean chemistry: Impact on plant--herbivore interactions
p. 1148 | Srivastava, A. C.; Tiwari, L. D.; Pal, Madan; Sengupta, U. K.

Thermomechanical structure of the central Indian shield: Constraints from deep crustal seismicity
p. 1151 | Manglik, A.; Singh, R. N.

Cryptic metasomatism in the upper mantle beneath Kutch: Evidence from spinel lherzolite xenoliths
p. 1157 | Karmalkar, Nitin R.; Rege, Sonal

A technique for quick estimation of aphid numbers in field
p. 1165 | Verghese, Abraham; Jayanthi, P. D. Kamala

The Digital Divide: Facing a Crisis or Creating a Myth?
p. 1169 | Ratnakar, A.

A Passage to Himalaya and Himalayan Journal
p. 1170 | Sorkhabi, Rasoul

Symmetry in Mechanics -- A Gentle, Modern Introduction
p. 1170 | Mukunda, N.

Nishtala Appala Narasimham: Tribute to a great spectroscopist
p. 1172 | Krishnamachari, S. L. N. G.

K. K. G. Menon (1927--2002)
p. 1174 | Krishnaswamy, P. R.

JSPS Ronpaku Programme (Ph D at Japan), DST
p. 1176

IACS, Kolkata: Appointments
p. 1179

Ranbaxy Research Awards
p. 1180

Bharathidasan Univ., Tiruchirappalli: Appointments
p. 1181

Inst. of Chemical Technology, Mumbai: Appointments
p. 1181

American Biotech Co: Licencing of Antibodies
p. 1182

Current Science-Submission in Electronic Form
p. 1182