Mumbai, Aug. 25 -- "The anger at Jantar Mantar was not merely ire over what happened on July 20. This anger has a history that includes the farmers' protest and the anti-CAA protest," said Neha Bora, the young national president of the All India Students' Association (AISA), who in July made a splash at the anti-NEET paper leak agitation with her fellow protestors. On Monday, the youth leader addressed an AISA-organised event attended by over 800 youngsters at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre titled 'Dil Se Bol: Mumbai With Gen Z Rising'. "Maharashtra is where students of FTII registered the first protest against the BJP government; standing here in that Maharashtra is my privilege," she said. Harking back to the pent-up rage from various incidents, Bora said, "We have suffered a lot. The anger was from the day when, in 2019, students from Jamia Millia Islamia marched outside in support of citizenship rights, and the security forces responded by making them bleed." In her speech, Neha emphasised the importance of solidarity. "We must remember the one slogan that was raised again and again. at Jantar Mantar, before Jantar Mantar, and in every movement: 'Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai.'," she said. "If we truly want to build an India in which every human being has not hatred but empathy, solidarity and support for every other human, then we must make this slogan a part of our lives. We will have to give our lives, our bodies, our everything, to rebuild this India." Speaking on the success of the pan-India Gen Z protests, Neha said the students felt "proud" after getting education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign. However, she added, the task of rebuilding India needed to be done by every generation. "I appeal to Gen Alpha, Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers. to every generation that exists and every generation that will come in future," she said. "This task cannot be accomplished by one generation alone." The event was compered by stand-up comedian Varun Grover. While addressing the youth, senior actor and activist Shabana Azmi said, "We used to say that today's youths are selfish, that they don't care about what is happening in society, and that they never come together or raise their voices. But with the Gen Z protests, this young generation has proved us wrong." Azmi further stated that in fact her generation failed to give them enough inspiration or ideals that they could look up to and follow as they moved forward. Abish Mathew, an Indian stand-up comedian, performed a song and moderated a panel discussion on language policing. Model and activist Riya Ahir, actor and producer Raghu Ram, and Anish Gawande, LGBTQ+ rights advocate and national spokesperson of the NCP (SP) discussed the unwanted language policing and shared their experiences at the protests. Puneet Sharma, Hussain Haidry and Aamir Aziz recited their poems while stand-up comedian Shourya Tyagi and filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee also performed and highlighted current issues....