Bhopal, Sept. 28 :    Bhopal, Sept. 28:  Her schedule is packed. Her concerts are sellouts though there are no tickets. And by the time eight-year-old Palak Muchhal takes her last bow for the night, the misty-eyed audience is on its feet, happily loosening their purse strings. While most other kids her age are still fighting over teddy bears or busy collecting tazos from packs of wafers, little Palak sings to raise money for children with heart ailments. In one year, she has sung through London, Leicester, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi, Vizag, Jaipur and Jodhpur and raised several lakhs which has been used for successfully operating on 11 children with holes in the heart. Dressed in a frilly frock, she confidently walks down the aisle to the stage and introduces herself to an audience of 2,000 gathered on a school campus. Every three minutes, her eyes wander away from the crowd to her mother, Amita Muchhal, at the wings. Palak thanks God for having given her a voice which makes it possible for her to fulfil a 'mission': collect money so she can help 42 children suffering from chronic heart diseases. She starts with the title song from Satyam Shivam Sundaram, and, as the evening progresses, the kid-nightingale enthrals the audience with her rendition of hits, both old and new. She doesn't have to ask: the people eagerly fish out the notes, varying from Rs 50 to Rs 500. Even schoolchildren hand over their pocket-money. 'There are no tickets for the programme,' said Hero Gyan Chandrani, the organiser of five of Palak's shows here last week. 'We invite the audience and as Palak sings, the money flows in. Initially people attend thinking they would be donating money for a good cause, but later they give the money with tears in their eyes.' Backstage, Palak displays no signs of fatigue as she talks about her passion. 'I have seen singing ever since I started talking,' she said, her eyes twinkling. 'I have been performing on stage for shows. But I had no 'mission' then.' One such show a year ago changed her life. 'I was being honoured at a function after a three-hour performance,' Palak said. 'A little boy's parents approached my mother. The boy is Lokesh, he is now a friend. His parents asked my mom and dad if I would sing to raise some money for Lokesh's heart operation. My parents immediately agreed.' Palak sang for Lokesh and collected Rs 55,000. Bangalore-based heart specialist Devi Shetty readily joined Palak's 'mission' and operated Lokesh free of cost. 'The Rs 55,000 I raised was saved. So my parents gave an ad asking for a similar child who would have to undergo a heart operation and needed money,' Palak recalled. 'Seven children came to us. We couldn't choose one from them. So I told my parents I would sing and raise money for all.' Amita claimed her daughter has already collected Rs 4.5 lakh in one year. After the five-day concert last week, one of them attended by Madhya Pradesh Governor Bhai Mahavir, Palak collected another Rs 2.5 lakh. But what about her studies? 'She is studying in the fourth standard in Indore but she has to learn her lessons and practice for functions at the same time. The school principal has instructed the teachers that when Palak is away singing, her teachers should make special notes for her so she does not miss-out on the lessons. Most of the time, she learns her lessons either on the train or in buses,' says her mother. On August 29, TV star Shekhar Suman interviewed Palak on Movers and Shakers and donated Rs 1 lakh. Tips Music, too, is pitching in and has agreed to record her first album titled A Child for Children. The money collected will be used to bring the smile back on the face of yet another helpless mother.