Merge branch 'release-1.3'
converted read me to markdown and added to it
Version bumped from  1.3 to 1.3.1
Merge branch 'release-1.3.1'
Merge branch 'release-1.3.1'
More clarifications to readme
Version bumped from  1.3.1 to 1.3.2
Merge branch 'release-1.3.2'