The state of Gujarat in western India has long been a hotbed for communal tension. But the 2002 riots which rocked the state in March that year, were among the first to occur in India in the age of satellite television. Consequently, the crisis received huge media attention and generated much debate. This study analyses the coverage of the riots through newspaper photographs in two English language dailies - The Telegraph (regional but has countrywide editions) and The Times of India (national base with regional editions as Kolkata). The research employs semiotics or the study of ...