Comparing Evidence Assignment

Both articles, “Purity Through Food: How Religious Ideas Sell Diets.”  and "India's War On Biryani Mixes Caste, Religion, Cow-Avenging Vigilantes." use interviews as their primary source for evidence. In the “Purity Through Food” article, the author of the article, Hamblin, conducted an interview with Levinovitz to get information about Levinovitz’s view of food and religion. Levinovitz answered Hamblin’s questions based on his personal view and the studies that he previously conducted. In addition to Levinovitz’s interview, Hamblin includes facts about food, such as sugar content, to support his article. Hamblin, in addition, includes a quote from Pope Francis. Likewise, in the article on Biryani, the author Sandip uses multiple interviews as evidence in his article. For example, he interviewed a professor, and an Indian restaurant owner. Like Hamblin, Sandip also uses factual evidence as support for his article. Hamblin includes facts about food nutrition, whereas Sandip includes facts about cow slaughter and current events about the Indian prime minister.

Hamblin, James. "Purity Through Food: How Religious Ideas Sell Diets." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 1 May 2015. Web. 18 Sept. 2016.

Roy, Sandip. "India's War On Biryani Mixes Caste, Religion, Cow-Avenging Vigilantes." NPR. NPR, 12 Sept. 2016. Web. 18 Sept. 2016.