We walk into the office, ambitious, focused, and proud of how far we’ve come.But sometimes, the hardest tension doesn’t come from the outside —It comes from the woman who looks just like us across the conference table. What happens when success becomes a silent war?When climbing the ladder means climbing over each other? The Unspoken Competition Let’s be honest:Seeing another South Asian woman in the workplace should feel like relief.Like familiarity. Like community. Like finally, someone who gets it. But for many of us, it’s not that simple. We’ve been conditioned to think:“There’s only room for one of us.”“If she’s thriving, maybe I’m not doing enough.”“I need to prove I’m…