Pinky Rana (left) with her daughter Shivani at their home in Siyunh village. Pics/Ashwin Ferro 

Dharamsala: For those who believe sport and politics should not be mixed, here's a short and sharp message from a middle-aged widow in Siyunh village, some 30 km from where India and Australia are battling it out in the fourth and final series-deciding Test at the HPCA Stadium here: "You have probably not lost a husband or a brother in a massacre by a perpetual enemy."