Published inMaking Mercari·Oct 7, 2019Mercari x Women Who CodeHello! I’m Kinnera — Android Engineer at Mercari and Lead at Women Who Code. Since joining Mercari in October 2018, I have also been actively involved with Women Who Code, a global non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. With Mercari’s support, I volunteer with Women…Tech4 min readTech4 min read
Aug 14, 2019Member-onlyIndia to Japan: For everyone but youVisa applications and how to. Start here: https://www.vfsglobal.com/japan/india/ Visa Type Family Members of the Indians with Japanese Employment Visa OR Visiting Friends/Acquaintances Visa Requirement list here. Disclaimer: I’ve attempted to be as accurate as possible, but this list is by no means comprehensive and you may be asked for additional documents based…Travel2 min readTravel2 min read
Nov 16, 2018@Entity, @Embedded and Composite Primary Keys with Room DBAndroid implementation in Kotlin @Entity creates a table for each class it’s annotated with, and so the class itself is essentially a data class that doesn’t contain logic. Data classes hold data. And @Entity makes a table out of the data class. The @Entity annotation indicates that the data class is to be mapped to a database. But the address variables relate directly to Address and not to Person.Android2 min readAndroid2 min read
Published inAscent Publication·Jun 4, 2018How my Heroine and I Learnt Love from WritingThoughts through the eyes of Me and Mine “Who had their luck run out this time?” I had never realised the extent of my hate for that question until someone asked me again. It is true that the pieces I write lie on the margins of the morbid. But in…The Ascent6 min readThe Ascent6 min read
Published inResistance Poetry·May 31, 2018We will live.Tetractys wild- a trait we possess too. Tell us no, but from life we learn to love. We will live This poem is the sixth stanza of Margins, one of Chalkboard’s Tetractys Trails.Tetractys1 min readTetractys1 min read
Published inChalkboard·Aug 2, 2017Lust CrushedA Triolet Interplay by Kinnera Priya Putti, Harper Thorpe and Kittie Phoenix — Reporting on the rain of stones The crimson sinks into the sallow hearth Their yearning anchored by the tendrils of lust Reporting on the rain of stones Love blinded, she never had been warm enough to warn Jealousy acquired, he never knew the charge came forth Reporting on the rain of stones The crimson sinks into the…Triolet Interplay1 min readTriolet Interplay1 min read
Published inChalkboard·Jul 20, 2017Depths of SaffronThe saffron of the valley, a stalk of lithe grace, filled with the crimson fervour of holy, heals your wounds unseen, whispers about you and a strum rounds the beat. In response to Terijo’s prompt, Spice.One Line1 min readOne Line1 min read
Published inChalkboard·Jul 4, 2017The end lingers far.Villanelle after Aide Ojigbede — Cold slow horror creeping along your way as kiss of the beats hit into the abyss, and again when your self begins to stray. Fear races the veins a stalling hand cannot allay, ears ring with echoes of their roar and your hiss, cold slow horror creeping along your way. …Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Jun 25, 2017The ‘Just’Just how much? My perspective on a perspective. Things are never ‘just’ anything. This is my aesthetic though. The torturous sky, the beautiful sea, and a pun. I like how nothing is just clam — sorry, calm — regardless of how the surface looks. I like that there is always…Love2 min readLove2 min read
Published inHinged·Jun 22, 2017Of Those In The Beginning, Now Exist TwoAnd a bike. — “I love you.” He heard me. “You don’t believe in love.” I heard him. “You believe in love. I believe in you.” I couldn’t see any other way out of this mess. He was the one who’d accidentally brushed past me at a convention. He was the one who’d dragged…The Weekly Knob11 min readThe Weekly Knob11 min read