Undergraduate education in Medicinal Chemistry seems to be in the midst of a major revolution in India. Sophisticated topics are increasingly being introduced into the college chemistry courses. In Medicinal Chemistry, this trend is apparent in the new text books. However, it has been found that a single text, no matter how well written, is not the best medium of presenting glimpses of these sophisticated topics in addition to the necessary basic chemistry.In the past few decades there has been a hiatus in the momentum of research and discovery of 'novel medicinal compounds'. This particular...