"That would be totally bad," said engineering student Arun Thapa, 19, grimacing at the prospect of a King Paras. "He's a very corrupt person. He's a vagabond, beating people up. He's misused his powers a lot." The palace declined requests for an interview. "How can a house without elders be run?" said Beti Maya Maharjan, 60, drawing on a common analogy to describe the king's paternalistic role. henry.chu@latimes.com ******************************************************************* Henry came up with a set of old stories and added a couple of comments from a 19 yr old and 60 year old--Old granny. This is an old India styled -masala added storey. I rest my case.