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I’ve faced bias in various countries, says Sonam Kapoor
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor says she faces discrimination whenever she travels abroad and terms it as part of human nature to judge people on the basis of “brown skin”.
“I’ve faced discrimination in different countries always. They see brown skin and they judge you already. That’s the way it is,” Sonam said at a session of Agenda Aaj Tak on Friday here.
When asked for her opinion on Bollywood supertstar Aamir Khan’s intolerance remark and the controversy over Pakistani artists performing in India, Sonam shared: “Intolerance is a very broad term. Certain issues have always been there.”
“I don’t understand India-Pakistan politics at all, but if people of our country can work everywhere, I don’t think that there is anything wrong in people from anywhere else to work in our country. Whether it’s Pakistan, US, Paris or England – anybody has right to work everywhere,” she added.
The “Khoobsurat” star said people’s attitude changes on the basis of physical appearances.
“People automatically treat you differently. If they see a pretty girl, they treat her differently… But at the same time they judge you in a different way… They feel you are always in ‘parda’ or your parents are very conservative.”
“We also do the same. A lot of my friends think that white skin are prudes. So there is always judgement for all kind of people,” she added.
Sonam, who was last seen on-screen in “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” alongside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, said politics should not “enter” the frame of art and sports.
“It (politics) should never enter that. They all should be different fields. So the fact that I’ve worked with Fawad Khan in ‘Khoobsurat’, who I think is a brilliant artist, is completely different from the fact that he is a Pakistani,” she said.
So does she feel that there is intolerance in the country?
The daughter of actor-producer Anil Kapoor said that “intolerance has always been there”.
“We have seen all kinds of nightmares happen in the past 60 years and it’s intolerence on different levels.”
Sonam added: “We have too many religions in our country. We have too many languages, but at the same time there have always been stereotypes and judgements. The fact that people are aware about it and there are dialogues happening on it, is a very healthy atmosphere.”
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Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
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Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
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“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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