Bengaluru woman unhappy over free flowers from BigBasket on Onam. Internet wonders, what is wrong?

Is it a fresh insight? Or just someone complaining for nothing? A post made by an X user calling out the delivery app Big Basket has sparked a debate among netizens. An X user named Sushma Iyengar ranted against the delivery app, calling it out for delivering her marigold flowers on Onam. Iyengar explained that people shouldn’t assume everybody celebrated the festival.

“So according to BigBasket, we SHOULD celebrate Onam! We like it or not is not up to us. It is up to them!” She wrote on the social media platform. They come and forcefully dump this on us. Will you do the same for other festivals?? Varamahalakshmi? Dasara? Deepavali?” the Bengaluru woman asked, adding, Why give it for free for ONAM?? This is worse than conversion,” she wrote.

Netizens React

The post gained attention on the microblogging app, earning more than 440K views. One X user quipped, “Does this attitude of spreading hate and negativity come to you by default, or have you done any special course for it ?”

“Madam is upset because she has received "free flowers" in the name of culture. Let that sink in. Free. Flowers….” wrote another.

What Is Onam?

For the unversed, Onam is a significant yearly celebration primarily observed in the Indian state of Kerala. Conversely, Iyengar is situated in Karnataka and is an outspoken advocate for the pro-Kannada cause, as indicated by her activity on X.