Slated to take place on the beaches of Calicut, the festival will include discussions on science and technology, art, cinema, politics, music, environment, history and politics amidst other genres. The sixth edition of the festival will host over two hundred sessions spearheaded by writers, experts and performers. The festival will also host over four hundred speakers including the likes of Jeffrey Archer, Ada Yonath, Abhijit Banerjee, Arundhati Roy, Remo Fernandes, Sagarika Ghose, Wendy Doniger, Shashi Tharoor, Manu S Pillai, Devdutt Pattanaik, Chris Kraus and Sudhir Kakar amidst others.