The series of pre-Diwali bomb blasts in Delhi in October 2005 led to the predictable saturation media coverage. While television networks were fi rst off the block, it was interesting to note the alacrity with which wire services such as AP (Associated Press) put out the news on internet portals. This was not a new phenomenon: it was evident during the Madrid and London bombings, but it does reveal the extent to which terror attacks or disasters are put on the global media map almost immediately. Kanchan L. writes of the symbiotic relationship between terrorism and the media: ‘Terrorism as a distinct activity is custom-made for the mass media. Arresting footage and “sound bytes” in the visual media and unsettling photographs and quotes in newspapers and magazines drive both the media’s and terrorist’s interests. Since major terrorist incidents are rich in dramatic, shocking and tragic human-interest, the news media tends to “over-cover” such events, though without any depth of treatment or approach.’1