1. Peepul Tree Trading Leather stud box; clothes brush.

2. Revered by many Indians, the peepul has a habit of making room for itself, poking up through roads, sometimes smothering its rivals.

3. The scriptures on the peepul tree leaves are very precious.

4. But if the next government again flunks reform, it could be the peepul itself that is smothered.

5. The tiger may be the animal most Indians associate with their private sector; but a more apt symbol is the peepul (sacred fig) tree.