intellectual

Who is an intellectual?
not somebody immersed in the illusion of knowledge,
not somebody who guides you to the art of living,
not somebody well versed with art or science,
not somebody well travelled to seas and continents,
not somebody ready to heal you with therapies.

It is somebody
who has the ability to contradict his own mind
in an attempt to seek the truth in futility.
somebody who is not in awe with newness,
somebody who can discard his own theories,
somebody who is watching over his own mind,

somebody who can quietly accept the opponents

victory wherein required

Smriti