diff --git a/src/basic/string_handling.py b/src/basic/string_handling.py
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+name = "Anikuttan"
+print(name)
+
+print(name[0])  # A
+
+# Access string with Negative Indexing
+print(name[-1])  # n
+print(name[-5])  # u
+print(name[-7])  # i
+
+print(name[0:3])  # Ani
+print(name[:6])  # Anikut
+print(name[5:])  # ttan
+print(name[::-1])  # nattukinA   Reverse a string
+
+
+s = "ani"
+
+# Deletes entire string
+del s
+# print(s)  # it gives NameError: name 's' is not defined
+
+print(name.upper())
+print(name.lower())
+print(name.replace("kuttan", "ANI"))
+
+
+first_name = '     ANI      '
+
+# Removes spaces from both ends
+print(first_name.strip())  # ANI