everywhere destroyed by obscene new development the state that produced a peerless unbeatable lineup of indian artists in the 20th century da cruz fonseca chimulkar gaitonde souza pai fails to honour even one of them with a decent gallery of works to sustain the future generations of talent and when it comes to the unique artifacts and artworks produced across 1000 years of profound contact and cultural exchange with the rest of the worldgoa values them so little that it has left the cupboard doors open for scoundrels and smugglers like subhash kapoor to have a field day who knows what has been lost already who even knows what still remains even the museum of christian art in santa monica is no safe set of hands as we learned in 2012 when guard luis bogato was murdered and priceless artifacts lost in yet another unsolved case goaits hapless government and apathetic people bothhas proven so inept at looking after its own priceless heritage that it is relief to note that at least some of our greatest art and artwork has indeed been saved for posterityfar away from the state you can indeed go view spectacular and beautifully preserved indoportuguese furnitureat the victoria and albert musuem in london and the peabody essex museum in salem massachusetts you can indeed view superb religious carvings from goa in an appropriate museum settingat the oriente museum in lisbon the best examples of all of these still remain hidden in goa but dont get too attached because theyre unlikely to remain safe for future generationsthe author is a widely published writer and photographer