WCD Minister Maneka Gandhi is known for her artistic bent of mind. She is a frequent visitor to arts and crafts exhibitions. On the basis of her experience and knowledge, she is learnt to have tendered a few ideas on the matter to her Cabinet colleague Smriti Irani. In a letter to Irani, Maneka has listed the two initiatives that she thinks the Ministry of Textiles could take up immediately. The first is a textiles museum to showcase the 50,000 varieties of textiles in the country. Maneka has also suggested that the ministry should think of starting a college to promote and teach 1,800 different kinds of stitches. Irani is said to be quite enthusiastic about these ideas.