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As the second wave of the pandemic is now under control, the after-effects of the lockdown have started to come to surface.
Singer Palak Muchhal used her live musical shows as a way to raise money for the underprivileged children. She reveals that surgeries of over 400 kids are pending because of no live music shows happening which resulted in the lack of funds.
“I feel responsible about their surgeries. In fact, every night, when I go to sleep, I have this sense of responsibility, and accountability because there are more than 400 kids in my waiting list, and a few of them are really serious, and need the surgery as soon as possible,” said the singer.
“After the lockdown was imposed, I thought if there are no concerts, then how will I be able to help these children. And then online concerts started to happen. Now, I’ve been performing almost every alternate day, so that I can continue to contribute for surgeries and the mission doesn’t stop. Now, (slowly) kids are getting operated again. I’ve to say that the adaptation from live concerts to online concerts has really helped,” added Palak Muchhal.
She has turned to online gigs due to no live shows but she doesn’t feel that they are anywhere near as compared to live shows. She maintains, “I’m really looking forward to performing on stage live… The love and warmth of my fans, and supporters. That would be the first thing that I would do once things get more normal.”
She concluded, “Earlier, we were able to sponsor one surgery after our live show. Now, ever since my songs have started coming in films, the concert rates are getting higher; we can now sponsor 14 or 15 heart surgeries with one performance.”