Are you in intelligence!? Or intelligentsia!?

“The wise owl should have just looked away!

But the zeal to teach is a big sway!

If only he could have thought without a doubt

Do not try to teach those who cannot be taught!”

The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labors by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the intelligentsia consists of scholars, academics, teachers, journalists, and literary writers!

Later on sociologists derived the term mass intelligentsia to describe the populations of educated adults, with discretionary income, who pursue intellectual interests by way of book clubs and cultural associations, etc. 

A group of Intelligentsia who are like the top and who create new revolutionary ideas are called avant-garde! Since the 20th century, the art term avant-garde comprises of that comprises novelists and writers, artists and architects et al. whose creative perspectives, ideas, and experimental artworks challenge the cultural values of contemporary bourgeois society. 

The French military term avant-garde (advanced guard) identified a reconnaissance unit who scouted the terrain ahead of the main force of the army. In 19th-century French politics, the term avant-garde (vanguard) identified Left-wing political reformists who agitated for radical political change in French society. 

In the mid-19th century, as a cultural term, avant-garde identified a genre of art that advocated art-as-politics, art as an aesthetic and political means for realizing social change in a society. 

So intelligent radical and almost military group of people who like to bring change in a society are Avant- Garde!  Ultimately, despite criticism, avant-garde works are often considered necessary to break new ground and move the needle in the long run in terms of artistic expression and creative freedom! These are the group of people who come up with new revolutions and new limits! One intelligent and brilliant scientist is birthday celebrity Sivan Kailasavadivu who is recognized for his groundbreaking efforts in developing cryogenic engines that are crucial for launching massive payloads into space. He is also known as the Rocket man! 

Now do the intelligent thing and sleep!

Shubh Ratri!

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