Rahul Raj at Buffalo, The State University of New York to rework and expand "Pomp and Circumstance Marches", the traditional convocation music used by them, composed by Sir Edward Elgar. In addition to expanding Edward Elgar's piece, he composed two original music pieces for the convocation, "Dance of the Gods" and "The Circumstance by Rahul Raj". In the same year he signed a project called "Mathilukalkkapuram", a sequel to Adoor Gopalakrishnan's classic "Mathilukal". The Mammootty starrer which also had Ravi K. Chandran and Resul Pookutty on board as cinematographer and sound designer respectively was subsequently shelved. In 2011, Rahul Raj made his
Dirck Gerritsz Pomp observation, casting doubt on their accuracy. A similar story is told of the Spanish Gabriel de Castilla in 1603. The "Blijde Boodschap" was so short of supplies that it entered the port of Valparaíso (present-day Chile) in mid-November 1599, where it was captured by Spanish colonists, who controlled this territory. The crew were imprisoned. Five years later, in 1604, Pomp was freed in a prisoners exchange and given permission to return to the Netherlands. He sailed in 1606 aboard an Eastindiaman belonging to the Dutch East India Company, but was not recorded as surviving the home voyage. Dirck Gerritsz Pomp