Akshayaa’s practice combines portraiture and performance. The World’s a Stage focuses on young Indian men and seeks to offer a response to traditional views of gender and masculinity commonly encountered within Indian society. Akshayaa’s portraits challenge these conventions of looking and desire. 

Her photographs act as a stage for masculinity on its whole to express itself, which is why her works are based on the aforementioned Shakespeare quote and this is reflected in her work through her perspective multidimensional portraits.