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What We Have Going
For Us!
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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
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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
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30 Things On Every Gal’s Wish List
• A doctor who
won’t dismiss our problems as ‘typical women’s pains’
• A hair product that
will work instant and lasting magic on our hair,
whatever its texture
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Legislation that will genuinely help women lead better lives
• Some way to
deliver babies painlessly
• Multiple orgasms. Every time
• Bono (of U2)
• Loveable in-laws
• A day of sharing rather than coping
• That
perfect retort to the bitch in the office
• Food that won’t go straight to
one’s hips
• Better quality of representation in politics
• To be able
to go through one day without the usual quota of
sexual harassment — mental and
physical
• A family-friendly workplace
• Castration made the official
punishment for rapists
• A truly magical stain remover
• A bunch of red
roses from an anonymous admirer. For three days running
• A sizzling
Cyrano-type love letter running to at least four pages every week
for three
years
• A few more credit cards — without the bills, ever!
• A room of
one’s own... preferably in a house of one’s own
• The freedom to marry/stay
single, have children/remain childless
• Energy worth an extra five hours
• To test drive a Lamborghini once, just once
• The ability to seduce
with a look
• All the rewards of child-rearing without any of the pains
• A body-skimming silver sequined dress... and the body to go
with the dress
• The ability to be firm without coming off sounding aggressive
• The
ability to look at one’s nude self in the mirror and actually
smile... happily!
• Being able to be financially well off to support women’s causes, to put
our money
where our hearts are
• The ability to fix it: A fuse, a leaky tap,
a punctured tyre, a child’s tears
• A swimsuit that will cover up all
‘those’ parts while still making you
look like a water nymph
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