when his parents first learned that vishal baveja a 27yearold doctor of forensic medicine had invested some of his savings in indian equity mutual funds they were worried about the risk those fears abated when they saw the income those investments produced then as the coronavirus pandemic took hold last year they supported his decision to start buying individual bluechip stocks “the tables have turned” says baveja a native of bhopal who works in neighboring indore “the stock market now always comes up in my daily phone conversations with my mother”