I have heard that this is happening from last 10 years from the time of Y2K.
I can also guess it for sure as some people whom I know who had completed engineering then and were just nuts with low IQ went to USA for work.
Probably the slowdown in USA today is for this reason.
Yes. As the article says, there are surely some deserving candidates who can do well abroad and this could result in further growth of Indian community all across the globe.