The current pandemic and the unprecedented events of the previous year have made us realise how important it is to have emergency funds with us. At the same time, we need an avenue to invest where our funds will grow and yield healthy returns even in the most challenging times. So, what are the investment options available to us to save and grow our money even in times such as the current pandemic? Broadly we have three investments avenues that can be explored: Fixed income securities or bank fixed deposits, equity shares or the stock market, and real estate. We look at each of these to understand them better as investment avenues in the current 2021 scenario.