The blessings list, the bane list, the wish list... Sheila Kumar rounds up the small things, the big things, all the things that give us glee, give us grief and give us an attack of the wistful sighs! Read on, empathise, identify, feel good!

30 Glee Things Gals Have Going For Them
• Sexy lingerie
• Embroidered ‘joothis’
• Levis 501 jeans
• A white shirt
• The Wonderbra... still a winner
• Femina
• Affordably-elegant 18-carat geegaws
• Mama’s Jamewar shawl
• Scented soaps
• Simone de Beauvoir
• Stevie Nicks, the honey-on-gravel singer of ’80s cult band Fleetwood Mac
• Phoebe from ‘Friends’
• Hair colour without ammonia
• Women’s happy hour
• Girlfriends
• Scented candles
• Soft, flattering lighting
• SEWA’s ‘chikan’ outfits
• Women’s specials, on road and rail
• Quick-fix recipes
• Sparkly nail polish
• A great hairdresser
• STs with wings
• A well-tailored jacket
• The ability to dazzle
• Ritu Kumar
• Anjolie Ela Menon
• Heat-based conditioners for hair
• That classic little black dress
• Great sex

30 Groan Things Gals Could Have Going Against Them
• The tummy pouch that just won’t go away
• Migraines
• Punishing underwear... that pokes, pulls and hurts!
• Bad hair days
• No-maid days
• Yummy but fat-filled foods
• Complicated kitchen gadgets that make us feel like klutzes
• ‘Home science’ courses for women
• Stalkers, oglers, harassers
• Fairness products
• Dowry
• Unplanned pregnancy
• Zits
• A big behind
• An abusive husband
• Advertising stereotypes
• Clothes designed for seven-foot beanpoles
• Impossibly high heels
• The need to pack a single suitcase for a fortnight’s trip
• Gender-based expectations
• Patronising garage mechanics
• Not enough good jobs going round
• Vaginitis
• Women who mock women
• The brouhaha created by fundoos which invariably affect women
• Judges who let off rapists
• The new skirt length — skimming the ankles
• Bad sex
• ‘Chum’-time bloating
• VPL (visible panty lines)... that icky outline showing