Characters in the stories by Indian writers Desai and Tagore experience both conflict and satisfaction from interacting with people who are unlike themselves. Discuss why such a theme might be common for a writer from this part of the world.

I believe that the conflict bit would be common for a writer from this part of the world because the interacting characters could come up against disagreements in the areas of religion, manners, and/or ways of dress code and the ways they treat women even. They could disagree on some things, that could lead to an argument, or, learning from one another could be less of an argumentative cause, and more one for curiosity.

The satisfaction could come from learning such things ... learning about different customs, manners, religion, even just home life.

People from this part of the world could be sheltered or even just blocked or not allowed to see other cultures and/or other ways of life. If this is most likely the case, then they could find interacting with foreigners/other countries a big deal/interesting.