Misconceived Notion of Some Tamils By Sasanka De Silva - Sultanate of Oman It is a common and general misconception that the Tamils in Sri Lanka took arms against the Sinhalese because of the discriminatory practices by the latter against the minority Tamils. There are two types of Tamils in Sri Lanka. One is the Sri Lankan Tamils and the others the Indian Tamils. The latter were brought to the island by the British to work in Tea plantations. They comprise 5.6% of the population. On the other hand, the Sri Lankan Tamils whom the LTTE terrorists claim that they are duty bound to liberate and are calling for the Eelam are 12.6%. Out of which, 6.5% live in the Northern part of Sri Lanka, 2.7% in the East and the rest, 3.4% live in the other parts of the country. If the discriminations against the minority were so prevalent then the numbers would have drastically been different. Almost half of the Sri Lankan Tamils are living side by side with the majority and other e...