New Delhi, July 25 -- Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday remarked that today's younger generation is bravely teaching the country how to stand up without fear. The Congress leader pointed out that activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have spent years behind bars without formal proof of their alleged crimes being presented in court.

Speaking to the students at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, the Congress leader reflected on how political intimidation affected his own generation compared to the current youth and contrasted past anxieties with today's activism.

He said, "...Today's youth are not just students, they are teaching a lesson to the country. What is that lesson? The lesson is - Be Fea...