Picture Credits: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a1/b1/ad/a1b1adfa698210ecb101031cdba546cc.jpg There’s a quiet legacy passed down in many South Asian homes — not always through words, but through glances, silences, and sacrifices. It’s the legacy of our mothers, and their mothers before them. Women who survived by meeting expectations, not expressing emotions. Women who stayed silent so their daughters could speak — but accidentally taught them silence instead. This isn’t about blame. It’s about understanding. Because the emotional patterns many South Asian women struggle with today didn’t start with them. They are generational echoes, shaped by culture, gender roles, survival, and love — complicated, messy, and real. The Mother as the Model For many of us, our…