I agree. Now, the situation is similar in many colleges in TN (almost all
observation: 10 years ago we had to beg and plead to be allowed to
conduct a workshop in any college. We had to spend our own money and the
managements used to ignore us. Nowadays we are greeted with flowers and
garlands, the managements do their utmost to give us all the facilities,
they pay expenses and even give an honorarium! This is my experience in
the Coimbatore region and in Kerala.