Yelläks /ˈyæl•eks/

The IISc has rooms available for guests of the students. So if parents want to visit their sons or daughters, the student can book a room. It sounds easy and useful, doesn’t it? But unfortunately there are some rules:

1. A student can book a room for maximum 10 days only once per month.
2. If a sibling of the student wants to visit, his/her parents must be present.
3. The guest room can only be booked for direct family members (and not for e.g. friends etc.)

This can be a little bit problematic. It is explicitly said that all rules must be followed, there will be no exception. Ok, here is my situation:

My brother is 26 and married. If he wants to visit me, also his wife will do so. He is a sibling and therefore the booking will be fine as long as my parents come with him. Since his wife is also coming, her parents have to come, too. But not all people fit into one room, so I have to book two rooms, which is not possible (see 1^st rule). After all her parents are not my brother’s one and therefore, they cannot come although they have to.
If all rules are followed (there are 25 or so), nobody can visit anybody anymore, which makes the whole concept of providing guest rooms completely senseless. But the management gives a good reason for all these “security” measurements: terrorism