Comparing and Contrasting Two Articles

The two articles I am comparing and contrasting based on evidence are “India’s War on Biryani Mixes Caste, Religion, Cow-Avenging Vigilantes” by Sandip Roy and the article “Here’s Why Salads Feel Feminine and Nachos Seem Manly” by Tanya Basu. In the first article written by Sandip Roy the types of evidence that are used are a combination of primary evidence, due to the interviews and direct quotes from what people have told him. Compared to the second article written by Tanya Basu who uses primary evidence but also secondary and evidence as well due to her talking about/ addressing different experiments that were done on food stereotypes.  The second article has more of a combination of evidence branches versus the first article. Sandip Roy article is more of a personal article based on outlook, general idea on how people felt on cow meat, whereas, Tanya Basu article is more direct mixed with facts showing that there are food stereotypes.

            An example of a primary source found the Sandip Roy’s article is “The women there follow many rituals associated with his worship. “Our current polarized discourse does not allow for the possibility that there can be Hindu-Muslim communities that are hyphenated in their belief and practice,” says Mayaram” (3). This is a primary source because he interviewed Mayaram and is now using her opinion as a supporting argument in his paper. An example of a secondary source can be found in the Tanya Basu article when she paraphrases an experiment done by marketers on food stereotypes. She writes “In the first of a series of experiments, Zhu and his team asked 93 adults which foods the o=considered masculine and feminine: baked chicken versus fried chicken, baked potatoes, versus French fries, light potato chips versus regular potato chips and baked fish versus fried fish. The results showed, unsurprisingly, that there was a significantly tie to food and gender perception. People were more likely to see the unhealthier options as masculine and the healthier options as more feminine” (1-2). This is clearly a secondary piece of evidence because she had to look up this information, cite it and then paraphrased it into her own words.