Laurie Baker: Life, Work, Writings About the Author Gautam Bhatia is a well-known Indian architect, author and artist.  Several of his books have found international recognition. Some of his best works are Punjabi Baroque And Other Memories of Architecture, Comic Century: An Unreliable History of the 20th Century, A Short History of Everything: A Novel, Chandigarh: The Making of An Indian City, and Silent Spaces And Other Stories of Architecture.  The author completed both his graduation and Master s from the University of Pennsylvania. In his career as an architect, he worked with Laurie Baker. He is also a writer for the Indian magazine Outlook and the newspaper Indian Express.