this idea that investing in stock market is gambling should be completely removed from the indian psyche. Anything is a gamble if predictability becomes less, predictability becomes less if information is less, invest in an informed manner in stocks with good fundamentals. Investing in an FD belonging to a sinking bank (eg., Barrings Bank in the 90's) would be equally disastrous, everything in life is gamble without information. When you invest in the stock market you provide income to the the industries to improve the country. That is the reason why every developed country has a large percentage of the populace investing in stocks, unlike developing nations. If you want your country to progress invest in stocks. You can make far more money than any other investment, but please please invest in quality stocks.
