Direct Speech:
In direct speech, the exact words spoken by a person are quoted within quotation marks. The sentence structure and tense of the reported speech remain the same as the original statement. The reporting verb is followed by the reporting clause, which indicates who is speaking to whom.

In the given sentence, the old woman said to Summit, "kindly hold my hand."

Indirect Speech:
In indirect speech, the speaker's words are reported without using quotation marks. The sentence structure and tense of the reported speech may change based on certain rules. The reporting verb is followed by the reporting clause, which indicates who is speaking to whom.

To convert the given sentence into indirect speech, we need to follow certain rules:

1. Change of pronouns:
- The pronouns in the reported speech are changed according to the subject of the reporting clause.
- In this case, since the old woman is speaking, her pronouns will change. "My" will become "her" and "I" will become "she."

2. Change of time and place expressions:
- Time and place expressions may need to be changed to fit the context of the reporting clause.
- In this sentence, there are no time or place expressions, so no changes are required in this aspect.

3. Change of tense:
- The tense of the reported speech may change based on certain rules:
- Present simple changes to past simple.
- Present continuous changes to past continuous.
- Present perfect changes to past perfect.
- Past simple and past continuous remain the same.
- In this sentence, the verb "hold" is in the present simple tense, so it should be changed to the past simple tense in the indirect speech.

So, the indirect speech of the given sentence would be:
The old woman asked Summit kindly to hold her hand.

In this sentence, the reporting verb "asked" is used, and the pronouns, tense, and sentence structure have been changed accordingly to form the indirect speech.

The old woman requested to Sumit to kindly hold her hand...required ans..