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Famous TV actress Surekha Sikri dies at the age of 75
Our beloved Dadi Sa Surekha Sikri is no more. The actress, who has given us brilliant performances in Tamas and Kirdaar, will always be remembered as Balika Vadhu’s Dadi Sa. The show became synonymous with her. The three-time National Award-winning actress has given brilliant performances on TV and in films but she garnered maximum love for playing Dadi Sa on Balika Vadhu.
Television’s popular grandmother, who was initially hated for being strict with Anandi, was later loved for taking a stand for her granddaughter-in-law. Recently she won the National Film Award for portraying Ayushmaan Khurrana’s grandmother in Badhaai Ho. However, the whole credit of introducing the Millenials to this powerhouse of talent goes to Colors TV’s Balika Vadhu.
Surekhi Sikri is etched in the minds of Millennials and Gen-Z who first saw her as the strict matriarch in Balika Vadhu. Despite her repertoire of work, which includes Tamas, Mammo, Sardari Begum, Kirdaar and Banegi Apni Baat, she will always be Balika Vadhu’s Dadi Sa for us. The social drama ingrained her into the psyche of this generation, who haven’t watched her shows and films of the 80s and 90s.
In 2008, a channel, Colors TV, made its way to television with a socially relevant show, Balika Vadhu. The daily soap had Surekha Sikri in various shades. Balika Vadhu marked Surekha Sikri’s comeback to television after a break. Earlier, she was seen on Zee TV’s Saat Phere… Saloni Ka Safar. The actress went missing in action from the small screen once characters, according to her, became inane.
She played the role of Kalyani Devi Singh, the matriarch who first despised Anandi (Avika Gor) and was often seen to be biased towards her grandson, Jagdish (Avinash Mukherjee). She was even seen burning Anandi’s books so that she could not pursue education. Kalyani Devi, the tough matriarch, didn’t just dictate her terms in her household, but she also had a hold in the village.
Fans loved to hate her for pampering her grandson and being strict with Anandi, but later she was seen to have become Anandi’s biggest support. She didn’t just help her get a divorce from Jagdish but also got her remarried. Balika Vadhu had lost its sheen after being dragged for over eight years, but seeing the veteran actress, who often referred to herself on the show as dokri (old lady in Rajasthani), was the saving grace of the show.
The news of her death must have come as a shock to everyone. But the brilliant performer will be etched in our minds forever.
You’ll be missed Dadi Sa.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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