India's 'small' big malls ; The scores of malls dotting the urban Indian landscape demonstrate their growing mass appeal. In the last five years alone, the number of malls in India has more than doubled to about 600.

The scores of malls dotting the urban Indian landscapedemonstrate their growing mass appeal. In the last five years alone,the number of malls in India has more than doubled to about 600. Buta survey (India's Largest Malls) by Bangalore-based real estateconsulting firm Asipac reveals that mall culture is still in itsinfancy in India. Malls here on an average are much smaller thantheir international counterparts and we still don't have any supermall.

Why are Indian malls much smaller?

-- Anchor stores (or department stores) in India are still verysmall. This has a huge impact on the overall size of the mall.

-- The 30 largest malls in the world have an average of …