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Subscribe to RSSA laborer looks out of a workshop that prepares idols of goddess Durga in Kolkata, India, on October 16, 2012. Durga Puja, the festival dedicated to the worship of Durga begins on October 20.
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Saurabh Das / AP
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"Idols" ? Who wrote that caption? Doesn't the word Idol sound pejorative? Smells of Christian bias.
To answer your question, the word idol was in the caption supplied by The Associated Press and their photographer Saurabh Das.
In my (admittedly limited) experience, the word is not necessarily seen as pejorative in Indian society. As an example, the Indian newspaper The Hindu reports on the Durga festival today with the headline Giant Durga idol to grace Navaratri.
"Idol"? Who wrote that description? Sounds a bit pejorative to me: smells of Christian bias. How about "statues" or "figures." I don't think you would describe a statue of the Vigin Mary as an idol, even though she is venerated on a special feastday.
The Statue of the Virgin Mary, just like Jesus on the Cross, is an idol.