India, Aug. 21 -- Retired Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday asked people to understand and engage with the younger generation rather than dismissing their view. He said that Gen Z may have a different way of looking at things but that does not make them wrong.

Speaking about Gen Z, Naravane, who came to limelight earlier this year after his unpublished memoir raised a debate in the Lok Sabha, said every generation evolves differently and that the older generation needs to understand what drives young people and channel their energy constructively.

"Each generation is different. In our generation, for example, you bought a car and lived with that car throughout your life," he told ANI. "That is no longer the philosophy n...