Goa, April 18 -- In the ongoing, uncomprehending neglect of Goan art and culture - no state is so incompetent and careless about its own priceless legacies - we are passing yet another major milestone without acknowledgement: the birth centenary year of Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde (1924-2001). This very great artist and master abstractionist with roots in Ucassaim is only ever remembered here when another auction record falls, but for the most part his beloved Goa prefers to stay oblivious to him, even more so than to Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002), his equally great contemporary, friend and co-conspirator in the seminal Progressive Artist's Group in 1940s Bombay. Happily, it is quite different in the rest of the Indian art world, where Souz...