Overview
- Running January 15–19 at Hotel Clarks Amer, the Vedanta-presented event features over 500 speakers across roughly 300 sessions.
- Organisers cite around 350,000 in-person attendees over five days and a digital reach approaching 30 million viewers worldwide.
- This year’s programme spotlights regional-language writing and translation alongside sessions on memoir, migration and secularism.
- Headliners include Kiran Desai, Percival Everett, Stephen Fry, Javed Akhtar, Banu Mushtaq, Richard Flanagan and Viswanathan Anand.
- A separate Rambagh Palace opening showcased curated performances, and opening-day music featured a high-energy Carnatic ensemble.