Eight days after ethnic clashes began in lower Assam, violence has finally ebbed and the focus has shifted to the massive humanitarian crisis at hand: 45 people are dead and almost four lakh homeless; traumatised people are now crowding 250 relief camps set up by the government. Assam's Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi faces allegations of inaction and of ignoring a warning from the Centre that trouble was brewing. He has hit back.