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Viral Video Shows Haryana Factory Workers Dumping Soan Papdi Diwali Gifts

Online reaction split between food-waste outrage and sympathy for worker frustration.

Overview

  • In Gannaur in Sonipat, employees were filmed tossing Soan Papdi boxes at a company gate and urging colleagues to discard their gifts.
  • The footage was posted on X by user @WokePandemic and rapidly circulated across social media platforms.
  • Critics condemned the visible food waste during a festival, invoking cultural reverence for food and calling the act disrespectful.
  • Others framed the rejection as a display of anger toward management and pay disparities between desk staff and production workers.
  • The incident revived the running meme that Soan Papdi is a regifted or least desired Diwali sweet, and no employer statement was reported.