Breakthrough, hosted its annual gala at the Puck Building, Friday November 10, 2006 in New York City. More than 300 guests attended, including legendary soul and funk star Asha Puthli, and the anchor of PBS’s Wide Angle, Daljit Dhaliwal. Actress Pooja Kumar served as MC of the evening, hosting keynote speaker John Sykes, President of Network Development at MTV Networks. The live auction was conducted by Sandhya Jain Patel of Christie’s, and well-known comedian, Dean Obeidallah, performed a stand-up routine. The evening’s program concluded with a dance performance by the winner of this year’s Bhangra Blowout, Columbia University.