Cricket isn't just what happens across 22 yards, and great cricket writers always go beyond the boundary. Vijay Lokapally joins Amit Varma in episode 427 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss the joys and heartbreaks of a lifetime of writing about cricket -- and much else.

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Also check out:
1. Vijay Lokapally on Amazon, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, The Hindu and Sportstar.
2. Pen, Paper and Podcast -- Vijay Lokapally's podcast.
3. The Virender Sehwag Story -- Vijay Lokapally.
4. The Hitman: The Rohit Sharma Story -- Vijay Lokapally.
5. Driven: The Virat Kohli Story -- Vijay Lokapally.
6. Speed Merchants: The Story of Indian Pace Bowling 1886 to 2019 -- Gulu Ezekiel and Vijay Lokapally.
7. Net Flicks: India’s Smashing Affair with the Shuttle -- Akshay Lokapally and Vijay Lokapally.
8. Housefull:The Golden Years Of Hindi Cinema -- Edited by Ziya Us Salam, with writing by Vijay Lokapally.
9. Vijay Lokapally's episodes on 81 All Out: 1, 2.
10. India vs Australia, 3rd Test at Delhi, Nov 28, 1969.
11. Bishan Singh Bedi's letter to Vijay Lokapally.
12. The Evolution of Cricket — Episode 97 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Harsha Bhogle).
13. Hatari -- Howard Hawks.
14. Roger Federer's commencement address at Dartmouth, 2024.
15. Pundits from Pakistan -- Rahul Bhattacharya.
16. The Fire Burns Blue: A History of Women's Cricket in India -- Sidhanta Patnaik and Karunya Keshav.
17. Triumph in Bombay: Travels during the Cricket World Cup -- Vaibhav Vats.
18. Wrist Assured -- Gundappa Vishwanath with R Kaushik.
19. Apradh -- Feroz Khan.
20. Kaagaz Ke Phool -- Guru Dutt.
21. Anand -- Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
22. Kala Bazar -- Vijay Anand.
23. Mackenna's Gold -- J Lee Thompson.
24. The Magnificent Seven -- Antoine Fuqua.
25. The Ten Commandments -- Cecil B DeMille.

26. Ben Hur -- William Wyler.

27. Safar -- Asit Sen.
28. Teesri Kasam -- Basu Bhattacharya.
29. Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi -- Satyam Bose.

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Episode art: ‘The Boy in the Stands’ by Simahina.

Ep 427: The Boy Who Loved Cricket -- The Vijay Lokapally Story

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

Ep 427: The Boy Who Loved Cricket -- The Vijay Lokapally Story