India, Dec. 21 -- A Reddit user expressed surprise at how much India has grown in the seven years that he lived away from the country. In his post, the NRI said that India has transformed "beyond recognition" in less than a decade.

The Reddit user explained that for the last seven years, he has been living and working in Europe. From his other posts, he appears to be a doctor based in Germany.

The user said that his family visited him frequently in Europe, due to which his trips back home to India were few and far between. However, when he moved back a few months ago, he was stunned to see "drastic changes" in the country.

"For the last 7 years I was working in Europe. My family used to visit me there regularly, so I never got a proper...