Sometimes...benching is good!

The most dreaded 5-letter word in the IT consulting industry is the 'B-E-N-C-H". There are various flavours of being on the bench ranging from one month to a layoff. Sometimes the slowing down of the US economy is good for India as Indian companies will have less projects on hand and will begin to explore other virgin markets like Europe and Japan. I often wonder what in the world will happen to the larger number of NRI Computer Engineers when the US suddenly stops outsourcing or ends it's H1B program or if George Serous bets on the American Dollar? Pondering on, what are the consequences of a brain drain slow down or benched consultants entertaining nostalgic Indian memories.
Believe me, when one is 26 years, single, working on the bleeding edge of technology in a superpower economy, earning somewhere around $100K,who will have the time to think about one's roots? I recall being excited about coming across return2India.com web site and suggested the same web site to my rich technocrat NRI friend.