This document provides tips for beautifying a research topic. It suggests using classical works, bestselling books, and most cited articles from Google Books and Google Scholar to give topics more depth. Journal repositories from Taylor & Francis, Sage, and ProQuest can help find relevant theses. A thesaurus can aid in finding synonyms to make topics more stylized. Some examples are given of transforming mundane topics into more interesting research questions through creative framing and incorporation of theoretical lenses. The document encourages feedback and sharing ideas to further improve topic selection.

1. How to Beautify
a Research
Topic?
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2. Beauty
★ Greek Goddess: Aphrodite
★ Roman Goddess: Venus
★ Symmetry
★ Truth is beauty
★ “Brevity is the soul of wit.” (Shakespeare)
★ Standard
★ Fashionable
★ Most read
★ Most cited
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3. Beautify Your Topic with Google Books
★ Google Books titles
★ Classical Books
★ Best Selling Books
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4. Use Google Scholar/ Most Cited Articles
https://scholar.google.com/
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5. Journal Repositories
Taylor and Francis
https://www.tandfonline.com/
Sage
https://journals.sagepub.com/
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6. Proquest to Search Relevant Theses
● Thesis repository
● https://www.proquest.com/
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7. Use Thesaurus
● Thesaurus
● https://www.thesaurus.com/
● Oxford Thesaurus
● Penguin Thesaurus
● Microsoft word Thesaurus
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8. Change from Absurd Topics to Beautiful Topics
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2. Finding Themes of Hinduism from Textbooks
Textbooks on ‘Hinduism’: Defining an Ocean Described from Myriad Shores
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9. Cont…
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Skills.
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A Trojan Horse, a Game Changer, a Silver Bullet and What Not? A Study of Metaphors
in the Discourses of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
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