With a middle class already the size of the entire US population,I'm not entirely sure 'fucked up' is the right word to describe India. I guess a rickshaw wallah in Mumbai or a 12 yo homeless prostitute in New York might agree their country is fucked up.
As for how many gods; Hinduism has no canon and no dogma,so a Hindu may believe pretty much as he likes; millions of gods, relatively few, one or even none. I've actually run across a person who describes himself as a Hindu-atheist
Of course it's all academic to an atheist, almost. I'm very fond of Ganesh* and have a statue of him on my computer desk,but Kali scares the crap out of me.
*No I do NOT feed him peanuts.
As for how many gods; Hinduism has no canon and no dogma,so a Hindu may believe pretty much as he likes; millions of gods, relatively few, one or even none. I've actually run across a person who describes himself as a Hindu-atheist
Of course it's all academic to an atheist, almost. I'm very fond of Ganesh* and have a statue of him on my computer desk,but Kali scares the crap out of me.
*No I do NOT feed him peanuts.