
India is a country known for its love for its tradition and family oriented individuals. Because of this, poetry that speaks of love, passion and religion make up the lives of many Indians.
Hindi, the official language in India together with English is the most widely used language in the whole country. Although there are other languages, most of the people in the urban area use Hindi.
The ocean of Hindi music is very vast and one can find many musical genre's such as Geet (Hindi Songs), Ghazal, Bhajan, Qawwali, and other forms. Among all of these - Geet and Ghazal were listened by the most number of people. Often I heard Hindi music lovers asking, 'What is the difference between a Geet and a Ghazal? And here in this article, they will find some important differences. So let's start.
Ghazal is strictly based on a defined poetic meter from beginning to the end, where as Geet is based on a tune which can have different meter in a single song.
Most of the Ghazals lack the musical attachment and only few of them are composed musically. Also, Ghazals follow strictly the Radeef/Qafiya and other conventional rules - where as Geet writing is ...
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