diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 5d258aa..8896c96 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - Will Thames
 - Greg Haskins
 - Miguel Araujo <maraujop>
-- takluyver
\ No newline at end of file
+- takluyver
+- kracekumar 
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 018f9b7..46b9651 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ All functionality should be available in pure Python. Optional C (via Cython)
 implementations may be written for performance reasons, but should never
 replace the Python implementation.
 
-Lastly, don't take yourself too seriously :)
\ No newline at end of file
+Lastly, don't take yourself too seriously :)
diff --git a/clint/textui/colored.py b/clint/textui/colored.py
index 63d7593..7ff3878 100644
--- a/clint/textui/colored.py
+++ b/clint/textui/colored.py
@@ -25,12 +25,17 @@ __all__ = (
 )
 
 COLORS = __all__[:-2]
-DISABLE_COLOR = False
 
-if not sys.stdout.isatty():
+if 'get_ipython' in dir():
+    """
+       when ipython is fired lot of variables like _oh, etc are used.
+       There are so many ways to find current python interpreter is ipython.
+       get_ipython is easiest is most appealing for readers to understand.
+    """
     DISABLE_COLOR = True
 else:
-    colorama.init(autoreset=True)
+    DISABLE_COLOR = False
+
 
 
 class ColoredString(object):
@@ -56,7 +61,10 @@ class ColoredString(object):
         return "<%s-string: '%s'>" % (self.color, self.s)
 
     def __unicode__(self):
-        return self.color_str
+        value = self.color_str
+        if isinstance(value, str) and hasattr(value, 'decode'):
+            return value.decode('utf8')
+        return value
 
     if PY3:
         __str__ = __unicode__
diff --git a/examples/unicode.json b/examples/unicode.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94f9554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unicode.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "title": "Bashō's 'old pond'",
+    "text": "古池や蛙飛込む水の音"
+}
diff --git a/examples/unicode.py b/examples/unicode.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8168fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unicode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os
+import sys
+import codecs
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
+
+try:
+    import json
+except:
+    import simplejson as json
+
+from clint import args
+from clint import piped_in
+from clint.textui import colored, puts, indent
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    puts('Test:')
+    with indent(4):
+        puts('%s Fake test 1.' % colored.green('✔'))
+        puts('%s Fake test 2.' % colored.red('✖'))
+
+    puts('')
+    puts('Greet:')
+    with indent(4):
+        puts(colored.red('Здравствуйте'))
+        puts(colored.green('你好。'))
+        puts(colored.yellow('سلام'))
+        puts(colored.magenta('안녕하세요'))
+        puts(colored.blue('नमस्ते'))
+        puts(colored.cyan('γειά σου'))
+
+    puts('')
+    puts('Arguments:')
+    with indent(4):
+        puts('%s' % colored.red(args[0]))
+
+    puts('')
+    puts('File:')
+    with indent(4):
+        f = args.files[0]
+        puts(colored.yellow('%s:' % f))
+        with indent(2):
+            fd = codecs.open(f, encoding='utf-8')
+            for line in fd:
+                line = line.strip('\n\r')
+                puts(colored.yellow('  %s' % line))
+            fd.close()
+
+    puts('')
+    puts('Input:')
+    with indent(4):
+        in_data = json.loads(piped_in())
+        title = in_data['title']
+        text = in_data['text']
+        puts(colored.blue('Title: %s' % title))
+        puts(colored.magenta('Text: %s' % text))
diff --git a/examples/unicode.sh b/examples/unicode.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fc93c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unicode.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+python unicode.py こんにちは。 unicode.json < unicode.json
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index fd62e29..78d9904
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ setup(
     author='Kenneth Reitz',
     author_email='me@kennethreitz.com',
     url='https://github.com/kennethreitz/clint',
+    data_files=[
+        'README.rst',
+        'HISTORY.rst',
+    ],
     packages= [
         'clint',
         'clint.textui',