Python Program to check if a string is palindrome or not

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Program to check if a string is palindrome or not
my_str = 'aibohphobia'
# make it suitable for caseless comparison
# reverse the string
rev_str = reversed(my_str)
# check if the string is equal to its reverse
if list(my_str) == list(rev_str):
   print 'The string is a palindrome.'
else:
   print 'The string is not a palindrome.'