Interesting. Well, its all but normal, giving India's size and position in the region, its normal it should have at least 1 military base inits own immediate neighborhood. If even pacifists Japan can have a military base overseas(i'm not mentioning western powers like U.S/U.K/France who all have dozens of bases spread around the world), then why shouldn't India have one in its own immediate neighborhood? lol Though some Indians like claiming how they are peaceful/holy and how only western powers are hegemonistic , now lets see what they will start saying when they get involved in issues outside their country with bases like this one.