This new book from Deepak Ramola contains essays on patience, presence, and growing at your own pace. Out in India 31st August, 2026.
At the Speed of Flowers
At the Speed of Flowers
A book about healing. From burnout, from abrasive change, from unkempt promises, a noisy world and harsh truths. A reorientation towards the world, a negotiation for slowness, a surrogate for pause. In short: pre-therapy.
With the intimacy of a friend and the clarity of a teacher, Ramola leads you through stories and small, sturdy truths that unfold one memory, one love note at a time.
My Story
Deepak Ramola is a wisdom historian and award-winning educator. He currently serves as a lecturer and life design fellow at Stanford University and co-teaches the ‘Meaning of Life’ course at MIT. A graduate of Harvard GSE, he previously served as the Kindness Ambassador for UNESCO MGIEP.
Over the last 15 years, Deepak has worked at the intersection of wisdom and lifelong learning through his organization Project FUEL, collecting life lessons from 195 countries. His methodology has been recognized as world's top 100 innovations in education and has been adopted across five continents. Deepak is also an accomplished author, with three bestselling books spanning poetry, self-help, and narrative non-fiction.
This Tree Won't Fall (new)
This climate action-themed film celebrates the extraordinary resilience of Sudesha Devi, an 83-year-old Indian environmentalist and one of the pioneering voices of the Chipko Andolan (Tree Hugging Movement). Set against the breathtaking Himalayan landscape, the film captures her unwavering commitment to safeguarding forests from industrial destruction, offering a poignant reflection on the profound environmental wisdom of women and their role in grassroots activism.
Books
Deepak's newest book, At the Speed of Flowers (Penguin Random House India), is a collection of narrative non-fiction essays written over six years and across many countries. It is an invitation to slow down and notice the life happening at the edges of your attention. It follows 50 Toughest Questions of Life, his English compendium of thought-provoking questions and insights gathered over a decade of imparting wisdom, and two collections of Hindi poetry — Itna Toh Main Samajh Gaya Hoon and Karwan Ka Shauq Hai, a finalist for the Yuva Sahitya Akademi Award. Known for his sensitive, soulful, and uncomplicated writing style, Deepak was honoured with the Young Writer Award at the 2020 Jaipur Literature Festival.
Currently Working On
Life design at Stanford
As a Life Design Fellow, Deepak helped students design a life worth living. The classroom at Stanford became another place he collected wisdom. He is currently reflecting on his two brilliant years there.
Wise Wall Project, Tanzania
In the third edition of the Wise Wall Project, Deepak collaborated with the Maasai Tribe, in Tanzania. The project documents the wisdom of the Maasai community in partnership with Google Arts and Culture.
World Wisdom Map
For 17 years Deepak has asked strangers one question: what has life taught you? Those answers live in a growing archive of human wisdom, gathered across 195 countries.
Writings
To Love (Correctly)
What I want in a home
Instead of “How are you?”
I send heartfelt lovenotes
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